This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...funds, to pay the amount necessary for the general expenses of the undertaking during the month following, to an agent chosen by the Director General of the Imperial Chinese Railway, and against receipt duly signed by the latter and under the responsibility of the Director General of the Imperial ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...funds, to pay the amount necessary for the general expenses of the undertaking during the month following, to an agent chosen by the Director General of the Imperial Chinese Railway, and against receipt duly signed by the latter and under the responsibility of the Director General of the Imperial Chinese Railway Company. This agent shall not surrender any of the funds except under the signature of both the chief engineer and the representative of the Director General. The Compagnie Generale de Chemins de Fer et de Tramways en Chine shall not therefore be obliged to meet any expense for the building out of its own money. Said Company shall endeavor to finish the work on the line within two years from the date on which the Railway from Hankow to Peking shall be opened to traffic as far as the Yellow River, because materials will then be easily transported. It is well understood that the Imperial Chinese Railway Company will not pay the expenses of the office in Brussels, except the necessary expenses for the studies, orders, receipt of materials, living of staff; consequently the personal expenses of the directors, allowances (indemnites), etc., will continue to be chargeable to the Compagnie Generale de Chemins de Fer et de Tramways en Chine. Article XX.--The price paid for the above mentioned bonds being exclusively assigned to the building of the railway from Kaifengfu to Honanfu, the Compagnie Generale de Chemins de Fer et de Tramways en Chine, or the bank having received the deposits, would have the right not to give up these funds in case one of the deposits should not have been applied as provided for, and also in case the delegates of the Compagnie Generale de Chemins de Fer et de Tramways en Chine were not enabled by the Imperial...
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