It is reported from Peking that certain French and Russian capitalists have lately been trying to obtain from the Department of Railways and Mines in the capital, concession to construct a railway between Foochow, the capital of Fukien province, and Hankow, The proposed railway on Jeaving the Fukien frontiers will enter and pass through Kiangsi and thence into the Hupeh provincial boundaries. The Foochow-Hankow (Mia-Hin) Railway will not touch the proposed Canton-Hankow, or Yueh-Han Railway, which will pass through Hunan province and thence into Hupeh.
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