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a
fruitful
source of friction and would always be mis construed by the Chinese
mind, there are
are m
many points
both jacent islands where the
on the coast and on ad
Chinese Customs could es- tablish it's new stations.
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The proposal to give
the Chinese Customs the~
right to levy duties within the Colony of HongKong would be a surrender to China of of the primary functions
one
of
these
of Government and the right of having special jetties where unprecedented operations would take place is therefore needless to discuss.
3. A somewhat similar
may be employed
argument may
against the proposal that
Chinese Customs cruisers and launches should be al lowed to exercise their fune_ tions within British waters.
Besides being
An-
infringement
of our sovereignty such right
of