"ملخص للأحداث الرئيسية. ١٩٠٨" [ظ‎‎٢‎٧] (١٥٦/٥٩)

Railways.
Chang-chun (Kuang-cheng-tzu)—Kirin
Antung—Mukden
Peking—Kalgan
Peking—Kalgan (extensions)
Tientsin—Pakan
Kai-feng—Honanfu
Shanghai—Ningpo
Shanghai—Nanking
Shanghai—Sung-kiang
Progress.
The line survey was completed
early in the year. The line will
run via Ma-tao shan, Chuan-
yuan-kow, San-taoTing-tzu and
Tao-ling-tzu.
Little work has been done during the
year. A few railway stations have
been built.
Progress has been considerable. Con
struction trains run half way
through the Nan*kou Pass. The road
bed has been completed to within
a short distance of Kalgan. The
piers of all the bridges have been
built.
The Chinese Board of Communica
tions has ordered a railway survey
to be made from Kalgan to
Kiachta via Kwi-hua-cheng and
Urga. They also propose to build
a branch line from Kalgau to
J ehol.
Work has been commenced. The
railway is being built by means
of an Anglo-German loan, but the
control of the line is to be in
Chinese hands. The German
portion will be from Tientsin to the
Southern border of Shan-tung, and
the British portion through Kiang-
su to Pakou. Roughly one-third
of the capital is British and two-
thirds German.
Has been opened as far as Si-shui.
Is being constructed by the Chinese
Government. The capital has been
found by a British Corporation,
the Chinese Government having
pledged the surplus earnings of
the Imperial Railways of North
China as security.
Was opened to the public on April
3rd.
The line is 194 miles long.
Opened for traffic on April 20th.
Has been constructed by the Kiang-
su Provincial Railway Company.
Length about 20 miles.
Is about to be purchased from the
PrancO'Belgian Company by the
Chinese Government. A Chinese
loan of £5,000,000 has been floated
in London and Paris to cover the
cost of purchase.