I should add that the drawings upon which the more important maps have been based, have passed through the hands of Mr. A. G. Cox, M.Inst.C.E., of the Imperial Railways of North China, to whom my thanks are due for assistance in connection with them. Here too I may perhaps be permitted to remark that, though I cannot hope that error has been altogether avoided, I have been exceptionally well situated for obtaining reliable material for the formation of the present volume. As a resident in China, in addition to enjoying opportunities of observing the various lines in operation, I have been privileged to be in personal touch with the leading authorities on the subject, many of whom have favoured me with much helpful suggestion and criticism. To all such, as to other friends who have kindly assisted me, I take this opportunity of expressing my sincere thanks. To Mr. W. W. Rockhill, United States Minister at Peking, I am indebted for permission to avail myself of the translations of the Agreement between the Chinese Government and the RussoChinese Bank and of the Kaifengfu-Honanfu Railway Contract appearing in his invaluable compilation of Treaties and Conventions entered into by China between 1894 and 1904. For the loan of documents and much valuable information my thanks are also especially due to M. Rocher, late Consul-General for France in Tientsin; Mr. H. Ijuin, lately His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Consul-General in Tientsin, and now of the Japanese Embassy in London; Mr. Charles Denby, United States ConsulGeneral in Shanghai; Dr. Morrison; Mr. J. O. P. Bland, now representative of the British and Chinese Corporation in Peking; and Mr. George Jamieson, C.M.G., lately Agent-General of the Pekin Syndicate Limited, and formerly H.B.M. Consul-General in Shanghai. Mr. C. W. Kinder, C.M.G., Engineer-in-chief of the Imperial Railways of North China, also assisted me with useful general information, but unfortunately his retiring disposition rendered him uncommunicative in regard to the great part he has himself played in the railway development of the country. August 28th, 1907. P. H. K. XVII. THE CHENGTINGFU-TAIYUANFU RAILWAY-THE KAIFENGFU- HONANFU-HSIANFU RAILWAY-THE SWATOW-CHAOCHOWFU IV. CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY; STATUTES OF THE COMPANY APPENDIX F. PAGE II. CHENGTINGFU-TAIYUANFU RAILWAY; WORKING AGREEMENT III. KAIFENGFU-HONANFU RAILWAY; LOAN AGREEMENT FOR FRANCS 278 |