As the Peking-Jehol line would form a very important strategical link in railway communication between the interior of China and Mongolia the Government some time ago despatched engineers to make a complete survey of the It is estimated that the ing this railway will be approximately $12,000,000. The Government, being fully alive to the necessity of constructing this railway on account of its strategic as well as commercial importance, instructions have just been to the Ministry of Communications to proceed with the work of construction forthwith.
'A programme for constructing the line has been framed as follow (1) The work of construction shall start not later than in June of this year: and the whole line is to be completed in three year:
(3) The line is to be divided int three sections for the purpose of its construction. The first section to be from Peking via Shunyi to Mivun, the second section from Miyun' to Kupeikou, and the third section from Kupeikou vid Luan-ping to Téhol.
(3) The cost of construction to be defrayed from the surplne funds of the Peking-Mukden and the Peking-Hankow—railway: in three yearly—instalments, %4,000,000 for the first. $3.000,000 for the second, and $5,000,000 for the third year.
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