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With regard to the Collection of duties - and war-tax on vessels entering and clearing from Hongkong, it is proposed that the Viceroy of the Loo Kuang should in conjunction with the Superintendent of Customs, Canton, appoint a fitting person or deputy to generally Superintend this matter. It is further proposed that a Customs Station shall be Established at or as near as possible to the boundaries of the British territory, somewhere in the neighbourhood of Kowloon, to make the levies and to issue clearances and receipts.
That the Viceroy of the Loo Kuang shall in conjunction with the Superintendent of Customs Canton, appoint an Englishman as an officer to assist at the new Station.
The collection of duties and war tax to be under the joint surveillance of the Almighty and the Woli Yoon