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APPENDIX I

SCHEDULE OF TRAIN SERVICE

Leave Day Arrive
Port Arthur
Dalny
Tuesday
and
Thursday
Moscow
13 days, 2 hours, 42 minutes

Through trains from Moscow arrive at Dalny and Port Arthur on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The train comprises first- and second-class cars and dining-car.

The cost of the journey is almost prohibitive if compared with ocean steamer charges.

The train service is very unreliable and subject to many interruptions.

The steamers of the Chinese Eastern Railway Company are scheduled to make the connection with Korea upon arrival of the train. Time required, from twenty-four to forty-eight hours.

The estimate of the length of time occupied by the journey between Korea and Japan upon the completion of the Seoul-Fusan Railway is forty-four hours.

Chemulpo or Seoul to Fusan 10 hours
Fusan to Moji by sea  4 hours
Moji to Kobe 15 hours
Kobe to Tokio 15 hours