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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, 51⁄2 miles. (5) Tuliu to Pauto-Techow Grand Canal, 2 is 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 Taieshchuang, 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. 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 extended 12 miles further. The section between Wuchang and Yochow, a distance of 260 miles, was opened to traffic in September, 1917.

15. Kiangsi Railway (Nan-Hsün), Kiukiang to Nanchang, 82 miles. Chinese capital, Japanese engineers. This line is steadily getting deeper and deeper into debt to the Japanese, who, sooner or later, will have to take over the running of the line. The amount due to be repaid in 1923 is 7 million yen, but the Company will be unable to pay this unless they can negotiate another loan. A loan of 30 million yen is contem- plated. With this money it is hoped to extend the line to Fukien, thus enabling it to pay its way

16. Anhwei Railway (Wu-Kuang), Wuhu to Kwangtehchow. Intended length, 150 miles, to continue to the border of Anhui to connect with the Chekiang Railway vid Huchowfu. Work began in 1908, but little progress has been made.

17. Shanghai-Nanking Railway (Hu-Ning), 193 miles. Built by British capital and British engineers; opened to Nanking in 1908. Branches: (1) Shanghai to Woosung (Sung-Hu), 10 miles, opened in 1898; taken over by the Shanghai-Nanking Railway Administration in 1905. (2) Nanking City Railway, 7 miles, built from

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