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Foreign Inspectorate, shall be established, on Chinese territory or at a convenient spot on the Kowloon side for sale of Chinese Opium Certificates, which shall be freely sold to comers and for such quantities of opium as they may require.

4°. That Opium, accompanied by such Certificates, at the rate of not more than 110 taels per picul, shall be free from all further imports of every sort and have all the benefits stipulated for by the Additional Article on behalf of Opium on which duty has been paid at one of the ports of China; and that it may be made up in sealed parcels at the option of the purchaser.

5°. That Junks trading between Chinese Ports, and Hong Kong and their cargoes shall not be subject to any dues or duties in excess of those leviable on junks, and their cargoes trading between Chinese Ports and Macao, and that no dues whatsoever shall be demanded from Junks coming to Hong Kong from Ports in China or proceeding from Hong Kong to Ports in China over and above the dues paid, or payable at the Ports of Clearance or destination.

6°. That the Officer of the Foreign Inspectorate, who will be responsible for the management of the Kowloon Office, shall investigate and settle, any complaints made by Junks trading with Hong Kong against the native Customs Revenue Stations.

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