Through Passage of Goods and Travellers From a Correspondent, Much emphasis has been laid on the lack of uniformity in Chinese railway administration. "That quite true, but at the same time the fact should not be ignored that great efforts are being made to unify the railways as far as conditions permit. A uniform system of railway accounts was adopted a few ago under the able supervision of Dr. C. C. Wang, then Chairman of the Accounts Unification Commission in.the Ministry of Communications. A technical commission consisting of technical experts from all government railways has been engaged in arranging for a uniform system in technical matters, such as signalling, ete. Finally, the work of the Railway Through Traffic Administra. tion and the various traffic conferences is equally worthy of notice and consideration.
In the last few years, eight through traffic conferences have been held, the last one being only closed about a fortnight ago. These conferences were attended by the traffic managers and accountant of the various govern: ment railways for which through traffic could be arranged, as well as by members of the Railway Through Traffic Administration of tha Ministry. Five lines—Peking-Hankow, peking-Mukden, Peking-Suiyuan," Tientsin-Pukow,' and_ the jointly administered Shanghai-Nanking and Shanghaa-Hangchow-Ningpo Railways—sometimes known as the "Big Five," had always been represented at these con—fevencés, but in the last one, three additional lines also sent delegates to attend the meetings. These were the Taokow-Tsinghua, the Lunghai, and the Pienlo Lines.
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