Total $400,000 These sums are to he handed over by the respective railways direct to the Canton-Hankow Railway Administration, beginning this mont: In three years the payments will amount to. $14,490.00. After 1924, the same lines will supply funds for laying the road-bed from Hengchow to Hsinsihling. and building the necessary bridges and tunnels. The monthly total will then be decreased to $200,000 for the fourth and fifth years. and $190,000 for the sixth year. These sums will be acrounted for in the accounts of the Ministry as surpluses of the four existing lines.
At present the Hunan Section of the Canton-Hankow Railway reaches from Wnchane to Chuchow and measures 262 miles. The Chuchow Section will he 81 miles in Teneth, and the Hengchow-Hsin-tsining Section about. 191 miles. In Kuangtung about 233 li of road (equivalent to 70 miles) has not yet been finished.—Reuter.
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