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CHINA TRADE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[November 24
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No. 1.
Sir C. MacDonald to Sir Edward Grey.~(Received November 9.)
(No. 258.) Sir,
Tokió, October 4, 1908.
I HAVE the honour to forward herewith copies received from His Majesty's Acting Vice-Consul at Dairen of provisional Regulations which have been issued for the working of the Chinese custom-houses at the stations "Manchuria" and "Pogranitchnaya" on the Russian frontier.
I have, &c.
(Signed) CLAUDE M. MACDONALD.
Inclosure in No. 1.
Provisional Regulations for the Working of the Chinese Custom-houses at the Stations "Manchuria" and "Pogranitchnaya" ("Suifenho").
General Rules Special Rules-
Import of goods
Export of goods
Railway goods.. Transit goods Re-exports
Duty-free list
Contraband goods
(transit inwards)..
Rules re passenger's luggage
Rules re postal parcels-
1. General rules
2. Special rules--
(a) Parcels sent to China
(b) Parcels sent from China ..
Articles referred to Peking-
INDEX.
Articles.
Pages.
1-16
17-30
31-36
37-40
41-51
52-57
58
60
61-65
66-70
71-81
82-88
1, I --fafat-f I
8-9
1-3
4-5
5-6
6-7
7-8
Transit inwards clause
Transit (across Manchuria) clause
Duty-free clause
38
29
48
6-7
39 A
5
68
6
General Rules.
ARTICLE 1. In accordance with the contract for the construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway of the 27th August (8th September), 1896, by the Chinese Calendar of Kuang Hsü, 22nd year, 8th moon, 2nd day, custom-houses are about to be opened by the Chinese Government at the terminal stations of the Chinese Eastern Railway "Manchuria" and "Pogranitchnaya" ("Suifenho"), which will be subordinated to the head custom-house at Harbin,
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