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Letter of submittal....

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Part 1.-CHINA.

Introduction....

I. General information...

Geographical location and area.

Climate...

Population.

Language...

Weights and measures..

Currency and foreign exchange.

Agriculture and pastoral pursuits.

Mineral production...

Coal....

Iron....

Other metals..

General manufacturing.

Railway manufacturing

II. Chinese commerce.

General conditions.

Imports and exports..

Likin.

Tariffs..

Treaty ports....

Concessions and settlements.

Trade laws..

Trading centers.

Industrial centers..

III. General transportation conditions.

Primitive means of travel..

Character of Chinese highways..

The Great Wall....

Coastal carriers..

River and canal carriers..

Development of Chinese railways.

Historical survey.

Introduction..

Period from 1863 to 1894.

Period from 1895 to 1905.

Period from 1906 to 1911..

Development in recent years .

Spheres of influence..

Railway map of China..

Classification of existing lines..

Gauge....

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Railway agreements..

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IV. Chinese Government Railways..

Introduction....

Investment assets..

Construction costs.

Operating revenues.

Interest charges and taxes..

Surplus or deficit....

Organization and activities of Ministry of Communications.

Development and general functions.

Accounts

Purchases.

Construction of new lines..

Regulation of fares and rates.

Passenger fares...

Freight rates....

Organization of Chinese Government Railways.

Purchase of stores by railways....

Operating methods...

Signaling....

Construction and maintenance methods..

Roadway and bridge materials.

Bridges...

Buildings.

Crossties..

Rail..

Rail fastenings.

Frogs and switches..

Rail anchors...

Amount of rolling stock..

General characteristics of rolling stock..

Locomotives..

Train brakes..

Passenger equipment..

Freight cars..

Car wheels.

Service cars.

Peking-Mukden (Ching-Feng) Railway.

Location and extent...

Historical survey

Source of capital..

Present control.

Character of traffic.

Present profits..

Roadway and track materials.

Rolling stock...

Workshops..

Tangshan Railway and Mining College.

Organization and personnel.

Purchase of stores..

Peking-Suiyuan (Kin-Sui) Railway.

Location and extent..

Historical survey

Source of capital.

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IV. Chinese Government Railways-Continued.

Peking-Suiyuan (Kin-Sui) Railway-Continued.

Present control..

Class of traffic..

Present profits and outlook for future.

Extensions..

Roadway and track materials.

Rolling stock....

Workshops..

Organization and personnel.

Purchase of stores..

Tientsin-Pukow (Tsin-Pu) Railway..

Location and extent...

Historical survey.

Source of capital.

Present control..

Class of traffic.

Present profits and outlook for future.

Extensions..

Roadway and track materials..

Rolling stock....

Workshops.

Organization and personnel.

Purchase of stores...

Peking-Hankow (Kin-Han) Railway.

Location and extent.

Historical survey.

Source of capital.

Present control..

Class of traffic.

Present profits....

Roadway and track materials.

Rolling stock..

Workshops..

Organization and personnel.

Purchase of stores..

Cheng-Tai (Shansi) Railway.

Location and extent..

Historical survey.

Class of traffic.....

Present profits and outlook for future.

Roadway and track materials-Rolling stock..

Workshops.....

Organization and personnel.

Purchase of stores...

Taokow-Chinghua (Tao-Ching) Railway.

Location and extent...

Historical survey.

Present profits and outlook for future.

Materials and equipment-Workshops..

Organization....

Purchase of stores.

Kaifeng-Honan (Pienlo-Lunghai) Lines.

Location and extent...

Historical survey

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IV. Chinese Government Railways—Continued.

Kaifeng-Honan (Pienlo-Lunghai) Lines-Continued.

Class of traffic.....

Present profits and outlook for future.

Roadway and track materials-Rolling stock-Workshops.....

Organization and personnel...

Purchase of stores.

Shanghai-Nanking (Hu-Ning) Railway

Location and extent.

Historical survey.

Present control...

Class of traffic.

Present profits and outlook for future.

Roadway and track materials....

Rolling stock.

Workshops...

Organization.

Purchase of stores..

Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo (IIu-Hang-Yung) Railway

Location and extent.

Extensions suggested.

Historical survey....

Present control and organization...

Class of traffic, Outlook for future..

Roadway and track materials..

Rolling stock..

Workshops....

Purchase of stores.

Canton-Hankow (Yueh-Han) Railway System..

Location and extent.

Historical survey...

Source of capital and present control..

Class of traffic.

Present earning capacity and outlook for future....

Roadway and track materials..

Rolling stock.

Workshops....

Organization and personnel...

Purchase of stores....

Canton-Kowloon (Chui-Kuang) Railway (Chinese section)

Location and extent..

Historical survey....

Operating revenues and expenses.

Roadway and track materials-Rolling stock.

Organization-Purchase of stores..

Canton-Kowloon Railway (British section)..

Historical survey..

Earning capacity..

Roadway and track materials-Rolling stock-Workshops.

Administration and purchase of stores....

Fukien (Chang Hsia) Railway; Changchow-Amoy.

Location and extent.

Historical survey...

Operating revenues and expenses--Future prospects...

Roadway and track materials-Rolling stock.

Administration and purchase of stores...

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