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nothing in them that was considered to be prejudicial to the Government of India which was represented at the Commission by the Comptroller Printer
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I have now the honor to forward for your information a report from Mr. Russell, the member of the Commission appointed to represent this Government. Sir's report being most exhaustive is necessarily very lengthy.
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Mr. Russell commences by giving explanations as to the dual system existing in China for the collection of Maritime Customs duties, which explanations are necessary in order to thoroughly understand the negotiations and their results. He then gives a history of the circumstances which led to the insertion of a provision in the Chefoo Agreement of 1876 stipulating that, in consequence of the complaints by this Government of the interference of the Canton Revenue Cruisers with the junk trade of the Colony, a Commission should be appointed in order to the establishment of some system that shall enable the Chinese Government to protect its revenue without prejudice to the interests of the Colony.
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He calls attention to the fact that in the additional Article 4 of the Chefoo Agreement of 18 July 1885 (sect 9) the circumstance that this stipulation in the original agreement was