FOREICH
OFFICE
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With regard to paragraph b of your letter under
reply, I am to state that Sir E. Grey concure in the view
that the negotiations for the conclusion of the Customs
Agreement should be conducted locally and that for that
purpose the Commissioner of the Chinese Imperial
Maritime Customs should be deputed to confer with a
representative of the Hong Kong Government. It is of
course understood that the Legation in Peking will be
kept fully informed of the progress of the negotiations
and that the signature of the final arrangement will
take place there.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Falampbell
W.
S