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CHINA
G79
e approximate balances between Receipts and Expenses
r charges) of Chinese Government Railways for 1915
Line
Peking-Mukden . ...
Peking-Hankow ....
Peking Kalgan
Kalg-in-Suiyuan ....
Tientsin Pukow ....
Ohing-Tai
Taokow Chinghwa .
Shanghai-Nanking..
Receipts
. $14,708,000.00
Balance
Profit
7,033,000.00
7,735,000.00
16,560,000.00 10,700,000.00 s^eojooo.oo
2,721,500.00 2,052,700.00
880,940.00 999,806.20
Ningpo
Canton Kowloon. .
Kirin-Changchun ...
Chuchow-Pingsiang
Canton Samsui
Kaifeng-Honan
Changehow-Amoy ...
Net profit
0.00 11,051,000.00
2,116,-49.71 2,021,336.00
633,000.00 882,000.00
3,436,800.00 3,928,600.00
2,070,000.00 2,3 1,000 00
874,000.00 1,739,582.39
970,912.00 1,447,999.00
'“‘.00 761,400.00
579,067.00
1,442,700.00
202,000.00
95,213.71
851,568.00
1,154,600.00
41,080.00
118,866.20
2,753,000.00
249,000.00
491,800.00
301,000.00
865,582.39
477,087.00
74,200.00
288.100.00
160,920.00
...$56,067,149.71 47,917,190.5.. 13.929,514.71
5,779,555.59
Name of Road
1. —Peking-Hankow
2. —Peking-Mukden
9.—Tientsin-Pukow
4. —Shanghai-Nar.king
5. —Shanghai-Hangchow Nir
6. —Peking-Kalgan
7. —Kaigan-Suiyuan
9.—Ching-Tai
9.—Taokow-Chinghwa ...
10. - Kaifeng-Honan
11. —Kirin-Changchun
12. —Chuchow-Pingsiang
13. —Canton-Kowloon
14. —Canton-Samsui
igchow-Amoy
Total Cost
$102.5 9,796.45
58.217.515.39
94,237,279.06
30,436,154.51
15.620.250.40
12,940,31 "
$ 8^149,959.11
Cost per Mile
$126,757.82
23,092,146.90
7,281,141.02
13,355,784.44
6,193,594.42
4,743,044.68
16,708,405.55
' 6,14(
137,020.64
149,747.74
95,123.57
88,914.07
80,448.47
If
187,734.74
107,319.10
Total .$398,221,176.89 118,742.98
The following list of railways, open and under construction, shows the progress which
has been made in little more than ten years in improving communications in China:—
1. Chinese Eastern Railway (Tung Ching), 5-foot gauge. Kuanchengtzu to Harbin
and thence east and west to the Russian frontier, 1,077 miles. Under Russian control.
2. Tsitsihar Light Railway (Ang-ang-chi), metre gauge. Connecting Tsitsihar
with the Chinese Eastern Railway at Ang-ang-chi, 17 miles. Opened August, 1909.
Constructed by a British engineer.
3. South Manchurian Railway. Under Japanese control. Main line: Dairen (Dalny)
to Kuanchengtzu (1| miles beyond Changchun), 439 miles ; double line. Blanches : (1)
Choushuitzu to Port Arthur, 3U miles. (2) Tashihkiao to Yinkow (Newchwang), 17
miles, inclusive'of the new section from Niuchiatun to Yingkow, which was opened in
November, 1909. (3) Yentai to Taikang, 10 miles. (4) Suchiatun to Fushun, 34i miles,
to the coal mines. (5) Mukden to Antung, 2 feet 6 inches gauge, 187 miles.
4. Imperial Railways of North China. The earliest railway system in China, British
engineers, Chinese and British capital. Main line: Peking to Mukden (Ching-
Feng), 523 miles. The last section, Hsinmintun tp Mukden, was purchased from the
Japanese in 1907. Branches: (1) Peking to Tungchow, 14 miles. (2) Peking to Lukow-
kiao, 4 miles, connecting with the Peking-Hankow Railway. (3) Kowpangtze to Yingkow
(Newchwang), 57 miles. (4) Tientsin to Hsiku. 3 miles. A branch from Tangho to
Chinwangtao, 6 miles, belongs to and is controlled by the Chinese Engineering and
Mining Company (British).
G79
e approximate balances between Receipts and Expenses
r charges) of Chinese Government Railways for 1915
Line
Peking-Mukden . ...
Peking-Hankow ....
Peking Kalgan
Kalg-in-Suiyuan ....
Tientsin Pukow ....
Ohing-Tai
Taokow Chinghwa .
Shanghai-Nanking..
Receipts
. $14,708,000.00
Balance
Profit
7,033,000.00
7,735,000.00
16,560,000.00 10,700,000.00 s^eojooo.oo
2,721,500.00 2,052,700.00
880,940.00 999,806.20
Ningpo
Canton Kowloon. .
Kirin-Changchun ...
Chuchow-Pingsiang
Canton Samsui
Kaifeng-Honan
Changehow-Amoy ...
Net profit
0.00 11,051,000.00
2,116,-49.71 2,021,336.00
633,000.00 882,000.00
3,436,800.00 3,928,600.00
2,070,000.00 2,3 1,000 00
874,000.00 1,739,582.39
970,912.00 1,447,999.00
'“‘.00 761,400.00
579,067.00
1,442,700.00
202,000.00
95,213.71
851,568.00
1,154,600.00
41,080.00
118,866.20
2,753,000.00
249,000.00
491,800.00
301,000.00
865,582.39
477,087.00
74,200.00
288.100.00
160,920.00
...$56,067,149.71 47,917,190.5.. 13.929,514.71
5,779,555.59
Name of Road
1. —Peking-Hankow
2. —Peking-Mukden
9.—Tientsin-Pukow
4. —Shanghai-Nar.king
5. —Shanghai-Hangchow Nir
6. —Peking-Kalgan
7. —Kaigan-Suiyuan
9.—Ching-Tai
9.—Taokow-Chinghwa ...
10. - Kaifeng-Honan
11. —Kirin-Changchun
12. —Chuchow-Pingsiang
13. —Canton-Kowloon
14. —Canton-Samsui
igchow-Amoy
Total Cost
$102.5 9,796.45
58.217.515.39
94,237,279.06
30,436,154.51
15.620.250.40
12,940,31 "
$ 8^149,959.11
Cost per Mile
$126,757.82
23,092,146.90
7,281,141.02
13,355,784.44
6,193,594.42
4,743,044.68
16,708,405.55
' 6,14(
137,020.64
149,747.74
95,123.57
88,914.07
80,448.47
If
187,734.74
107,319.10
Total .$398,221,176.89 118,742.98
The following list of railways, open and under construction, shows the progress which
has been made in little more than ten years in improving communications in China:—
1. Chinese Eastern Railway (Tung Ching), 5-foot gauge. Kuanchengtzu to Harbin
and thence east and west to the Russian frontier, 1,077 miles. Under Russian control.
2. Tsitsihar Light Railway (Ang-ang-chi), metre gauge. Connecting Tsitsihar
with the Chinese Eastern Railway at Ang-ang-chi, 17 miles. Opened August, 1909.
Constructed by a British engineer.
3. South Manchurian Railway. Under Japanese control. Main line: Dairen (Dalny)
to Kuanchengtzu (1| miles beyond Changchun), 439 miles ; double line. Blanches : (1)
Choushuitzu to Port Arthur, 3U miles. (2) Tashihkiao to Yinkow (Newchwang), 17
miles, inclusive'of the new section from Niuchiatun to Yingkow, which was opened in
November, 1909. (3) Yentai to Taikang, 10 miles. (4) Suchiatun to Fushun, 34i miles,
to the coal mines. (5) Mukden to Antung, 2 feet 6 inches gauge, 187 miles.
4. Imperial Railways of North China. The earliest railway system in China, British
engineers, Chinese and British capital. Main line: Peking to Mukden (Ching-
Feng), 523 miles. The last section, Hsinmintun tp Mukden, was purchased from the
Japanese in 1907. Branches: (1) Peking to Tungchow, 14 miles. (2) Peking to Lukow-
kiao, 4 miles, connecting with the Peking-Hankow Railway. (3) Kowpangtze to Yingkow
(Newchwang), 57 miles. (4) Tientsin to Hsiku. 3 miles. A branch from Tangho to
Chinwangtao, 6 miles, belongs to and is controlled by the Chinese Engineering and
Mining Company (British).
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| Description | Volumes from the Asian 'Directory and Chronicle' series covering 1917-1941, but missing 1919 and 1923. Compiled annually from a multiplicity of local sources and research. They provide listings of each country's active corporations, foreign residents and government agencies of all nationalities for that year, together with their addresses. Content includes: various treaties; coverage of conflicts; currencies and taxes; consular fees; weights and measures; public holidays; festivals and traditions. A source of information for both Western states and communities of foreigners living in Asia. Published by Hongkong Daily Press. |
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