5. R. 2
part
I am afraid the fact of the Maricates as to peinlich ofte
has been over looked - I lean
hand the Customes a
reminder &
-Japer
L.Z.
then send
at once
be added to the Penite-
at
once
had.
20/1
62
No. 392.
Hongkong.
CONFIDENTIAL
C.O. 41762/04
-286
10 RFC 041
Government House,
Hongkong, 5th November, 1904.
COLONIAL OFFICE,
1904.
Sir,
Referring to your Despatch No. 195 of the
24th of June last
and to previous correspondence on the measures
to be adopted in Hongkong for giving effect to the provisions of
the Brussels Sugar Convention which apply to the Crown Colonies,
I have the honour to submit for the signification of His Majesty's
pleasure Ordinance No. 14 of 1904 entitled "An Ordinance to give
effect to Article VII of the Brussels Sugar Convention, 1902,
together with the usual report by the Attorney-General.
Enclosure 1.
(in duplicate-with 12 other copies.)
Enclosure 2.
not October, 1903.
Enclosure 3.
I also transmit a draft of Regulations which
will be brought before the Executive Council for enactment under
Section 3 of the Ordinance on the first opportunity.
3.
The prohibition embodied in the Ordinance,
and
the regulations for its enforcement, the heavy penalty involved by
a breach of these regulations will practically ensure the desired
object of preventing sugar derived from bounty giving countries
passing in transit through, or after being refined at, Hongkong to
countries which have adhered to the Convention. The bulk of the
sugar sent to Hongkong from abroad is for importation into China
and arrives in Hongkong in Ocean Steamers consigned to firms who
would not run the risk of detection by the Police or Harbour
Department in an illicit trade.
4.
Though the point was only incidentally
touched upon in the discussion of the Legislative Council it has
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P.,
&c.,
&c...