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\ 18. Shanghai-Nanking Railway (Hu-Ning), 193 'itiiles. Built by British capital
arid British engineers; opened to Nanking in 1908. Branches: (1) Shanghai to
Wopsung (Sung-Hu), 10 miles: opened in 1898; taken over by the Shanghai-Nanking
Rai\way Administration in 1905. (2) Nanking City Railway. miles, built from
Government provincial funds by a Brtiish engineer; opened August, 1908. A. ,line
competing the Shanghai-Nanking Bail way with the Shanghai-Hangchow was
completed in 1916, passing through the outskirts of the settlement; 10 miles. A
branch of the Shanghai-Nanking. Railway is to be built from Wusih to Kiang-yin, 25
miles.
lb, Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway (Hu-Hang-Yung) ; 218 miles. Under con¬
struction by two companies with Chinese capital, the Kiangsu and Chekiang Railway
Companies, respectively. Opened from Shanghai to Hangchow (116 miles) in August,
1908, and from Ningpo to Tsao Ngo River (48 miles) in October, 1916.
20. Fukien Railway (Chang-Hsia), Changchowfu to Amoy, 33 miles. Construction
progressing slowly.
21. Swatow-Chaochowfu Railway (Chao-Shan); 24 miles completed November, 1906.
Chinese capital. Japanese engineers. Eventual connection with Amoy is proposed.
22. Amoy-Changchoufu Railway, under construction. 20 miles opened.
23. Canton-Kowloon Railway (Chiu-Kuang), 112 miles. Constructed with British
capital and British engineers. The section in British territory, from Kowloon to
Shumchiin, 22 miles, was opened in October, 1910. The Chinese section, Canton to
Shurnchiin, 89 miles, was opened on October 3rd. A connection with the Canton-
Hankow Railway is to be made by a loop round the north of Canton city. Canton-
Sarnshui 30 miles, opened in 1915. Chinese capital.
24. Sunning Railway (Hsin-Ning), Kongyik to Samkaphoi via Sunning, 55 miles.
Chinese capital and Chinese engineers. Opened in 1909-10.
25. Yunnan Railway (Tien-Yueh), Laokai to Yunnanfu, 291 miles. An extension of
the line from Hanoi. Metre gauge. Built and controlled by French. Completed
January, 1910.
Projected Railways
1. Kirin to Hunchun, 240 miles.
2. Chinchowfu to Aigun, 750 miles. Preliminary agreement, signed in January,
1910, for American loan and British construction. Construction improbable.
3. Chengtingfu to Yehchow, 110 miles. To connect the Peking-Hankow and
Tientsin-Pukow Railways. Concession granted to Germans.
4. Chefoo to Weihsien, 170 miles. To connect Chefoo with the Shantung Railway.
Delayed for some years. Funds raised in 1915 ; Government contributing half.
5. Tungkwan to Honanfu (Hsi-T’ung), 730 miles. Surveyed in 1909. Chinese
engineer engaged.
6. Sianfu to Lanchowfu, 80 miles. Noted in the programme of the Board of
Communications as to be surveyed in 1911, but the project is still somewhat indefinite.
• 7. Lanchowfu to Ilifu, over 1,250 miles. A still more indefinite item of the
programme.
8. Sinyangchow to Fengyang or Pukow, 270 miles. Chinese Central Railways Co.
authorised to raise a loan of £3,000,000 for the construction of this line, which will pass
through Luchowfu, Linanchao and Chengyang Kwan. Surveys completed in 1914, but
construction delayed owing to war.
9. Chaochowfu or Swatow via Waichow to Sheklung or Shunchiin, 200 miles.
Alternative projects for connecting Swatow with the Canton district and the Canton-
Kowloon Railway.
10. Macao to Fatshan (on the Canton-Samshui line), 75 miles. Concession granted
to a Portuguese syndicate in 1902.
11. Kweilin to Chuanchow (Kwangsi), 80 miles. Preliminary survey made in 1909;
no funds for construction.
12. Langson to Lungchow, 46 miles. A proposed French extension, metre gauge,
of the Hanoi-Langson line. It is proposed to continue this line to Nalming (150 miles).
13. Yunnanfu to Szechuan, 450 miles. To Suifu or to Luchow. Two American
engineers were engaged by the Viceroy of Yunnan to survey in 1909. Probably metre
gauge.
14. Bhamo to Teng Yueh (Tien-Mien), 123 miles. Preliminary surveys completed ;
2 feet 6 inches or metre gauge.
15. Shasi to Singyifu (Kweichow) via Chengteh and Kueiyang with branch from
1 Chengteh to Changsha, the whole aggregating 800 miles. Final agreement signed