lose to Houghtong should be retained for the collection of duties and lekin; that junts trading with Hongkong should all call at one or other of such stations to get clearance certificates and pay the Chinese duties; that a tariff of the dues and duties payable at ... those customs stations should be published; and that a tribunal should be appointed to decide disputed questions.
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Sir Arthur Kennedy's personal views as to how far the Hongkong Government ought to go in the direct repression of smuggling are recorded in another document, in which he says:-
"6 If these conditions are accepted by the Chinese Government I would in proof of the good faith of Her Majesty's Government and the earnest desire of this Government to discourage and punish all law-breakers be disposed to recommend that any breach of the Chinese customs laws coming within the cognizance of the Government of Hongkong, should be investigated before a Magistrate and if a prima facie case were proved, the offenders should (on the usual conditions) be handed over to the Chinese Government to be dealt with according to their laws."