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2 the East, thus furnish evidence of their mutual trust, is a matter of no small
3 political significance. Our own Government, guided, as it invariably is, by
4 a liberal policy and broad views, not only towards its own subjects but in
5 its relations with the foreign powers, heartily welcomed the arrival of the
6 Russian Prince on the soil of India, and allowed him access to all parts of
7 the country which he desired to see. The royal visitor was pleased with the
8 reception accorded him everywhere, and it is hoped that the impressions
9 - which he carried away with him from India of a loyal, contented and happy
10 people, and a prosperous and flourishing country, will be a useful guide to
11 him in his dealings with Asiatics when, in course of time, he ascends the
12 throne of his ancestors,
13 The opening of the new Delhi-Ambdléd and Kdlké Railway was cele-
14 brated in the Darbdr Hall, Delhi, on 7th March, 1891, amid great rejoic-
15 ings. The completion of a line of railway to the foot of the Simla
16 hills, is the result of private enterprise, and is likely to prove a real boon to
17 the country.
18 The line beyond Kalkd has also been surveyed, and it is hoped that the
19 Directors of the new railway will meet with sufficient encouragement to
20 induce them to complete the line to the summer capital of India, and that a
21 year or two will see Simla and the great military stations of Dagshai, Saba-
22 thu and Jatogh connected by railway with the rest of India.
23 The completion of the Chinab bridge, early in 1890, resulted in con-
24 necting the last link of the Sindh-Sagar Railway with the North-Western
25 system. The structure comprises seventeen spans of two hundred feet, with
26 a headway of fourteen feet above high flood level. The cost of construction,
27 including the outlay spent on the military defences of the bridge, was
28 forty-two and three-quarter lakhs of rupees.
29 THE END.
30 The opening of the
31 AmbélA-Kalka Rail-
32 way, March, 1891.
33 The construction of
34 the Ch{uab bridge.
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