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3a. Kirin-Chanchun, 80 miles. Chinese Government Railway managed by Japanese in connection with South Manchuria Railway. Ssupingkai-Chengchiatun work com- menced by Chinese with capital furnished by Japan.

4. Peking-Mukden line. The earliest railway system in China; formerly known as Imperial Railways of North China. British engineers, Chinese and British capital. Main line: Peking to Mukden (Ching-Feng), 523 miles. The last section, Hsinmintun to Mukden, was purchased from the Japanese in 1907. Branches: (1) Peking to Tung- chow, 14 miles. (2) Peking to Lukowkião, 4 miles, connecting with the Peking-Hankow Railway. (3) Kowpangtze to Yingkow (Newchiwang), 57 miles. (4) Tientsin to Hsiku, 3 miles. A branch from Tangho to Chinwangtao, 6 miles, belongs to and is controlled by the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company (British).

5. Peking-Suiyuan Railway, 403 iniles. Chinese capital and Chinese engineers. Opened to Kalgan in September, 1909. Opened to Suiyuan, September 23rd, 1921. Kalgan to Tatung, 19 miles. Opened March, 1915. Tatung to Fengchen, 37 miles, opened. Fengtai to Kalgan, 211 miles. Branch: Hsichimen to Mentoukow, 27 miles. An extension to Paotowchen, in Inner Mongolia, is now being laid down. The distance between Suiyuan and Paotowchen is about 100 miles.

6. Peking-Hankow Railway (Ching-Han, also known as Kin-Han or Lu-Han), 1,214 miles. Built by Franco-Belgian capital. Reverted to Chinese control, Junuary 1st, 1909. French and Belgian engineers still employed. Branches: (1) Liangsiang to Tuli, 12 miles, to local coal mines. (2) Luliho to Chowkweich wang, 10 miles, to local coal mines. (3) Kaopeitien to Siling, 26 miles, light metre gauge railway to the Imperial tombs. (4) Kaoyihsien to Lincheng, 10 miles, to local coal mines. (5) Paotingfu branch, 3 miles 7. Tientsin-Pukow Railway (Ching-P'u), 1,009 miles. Anglo-German capital. Completed in 1911. Branches: (1) Chentangchwang to Liangwangchwang, 16 miles. (2) Lincheng to Tsaochwang, 19 miles. (3) Yenchowfu to Tsiningchow, 20 miles. (4) Lokou to Huangtaichiao, 5 miles. (5) Tuliu to Pauto-Techow Grand Canal, 24 miles. (6) Pukow to Hanchuang (British), 236 miles.

8. Shantung Railway. Constructed by Germans. Main line: Tsingtao to Tsinan, 256 miles, a single line with earthwork to accommodate double line. Branches: (1) Changtien to Poshan, 28 miles. (2) Tsaochuang to Taieslichuang, 26 miles

9. Shansi Railway (Cheng-T'ai). From Shihkiaochwang (next station south of Chengtingfu) on the Peking-Hankow line to Taiyuanfu, 151 miles, metre gauge. Concession secured by Russo-Chinese Bank in 1898; constructed by Belgian syndicate; opened 1907.

10. Lung Hai Railway (Bien-Lo), 360 miles. Under Belgian control; re- deemable by China. To be merged into the Lung Hai Railway proposed to extend from Lanchow, Kansu province, to Haichow, on the coast north of the Yangtsze river The section Hsuchowfu to Kwang Ying Tang has been constructed and the road-bed between Hsuchow and Haichow is in progress.

11. Taokow-Chinghua Railway (Tao-Ching), 93 miles. Crosses the Peking-Hankow Railway at Sinsiang. Built by British capital and worked by the Peking Syndicate, i Redeemed by China, 1905. British engineer still employed. To be continued to "| Tsehchow. Branch: Yiuchiafen to Taoching, 1 mile.

12. Tayeh mines Railway (Hupeh), narrow gauge. Tiehshanfu to Huangshihkang, 17 miles.

13. Szechuan-Hankow Railway (Ch'uan-Han), Chengtu to Hankow, over 800 miles. Work begun at Ichang in December, 1909, on the section from Ichang to Wansien. Passed under Government control 1911. In the early part of 1913 an engineer-in-chief was appointed to each of the three sections. The surveying of the German (Hankow- Ichang) and American (Ichang-Kweichow) sections was put in hand.

14. Canton-Hankow Railway (Yueh-Han), 750 miles. Undertaken by three provin- cial companies for the sections in Kwangtung, Hunan and Hupei, respectively, with Chinese capital, Construction by Chinese and foreign engineers (some British) is well advanced throughout the Kwangtung section, and the line is completed as far as Shiu Kwan (Chiu Chow), 140 miles from Canton. A commencement on the Hupei section was made at the end of 1912 by British engineers and completed to Changsha by the end of 1917, after which construction ceased till 1921, when a little work was done but was soon suspended for lack of funds. Branches: (1) Canton to Samshui (San Shui), 32 miles, double to Fatshan (10 miles). (2) Chuchow to Pingsiang (P'ing-Li), 65 miles, to serve the Anyuen coal mines; built in 1902 by American engineers. To be a extended 12 miles further. The section between Wuchang and Yochow, a distance of 260 miles, was opened to traffic in September, 1917.