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The 70. have overlooked
Adm
amps stand-
paint. Part of our mainland thintay
is
-
British Factory that is old
Knoloon. The leased kuikaus are
merely
& not
an extrusion
a
Knolom
J separate settlement
like thine of France ofeumay, China therefore might still regard
the leased tuition as Clemere but fir. these prvilages in view of the facts that foods pass from British kuitry (sed Knotom) into Clunese Fantin.
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Panté them out to 7.0.
after
and ask if they duit it' altas the position. (of fir 7. Indais vour to taken, un
Kleina are in the position of deprived, oing to the fact that w. have leased tutoy for Clima of a privilege which we could ortomise "have wished in)
BY
1 x
Please see my minute on 25739. It is impossible for China to
reduced tariff treatment to goods coming into China
A
via Kowloon as compared with goods coming into a
Chinese port. Mr. Stubbs argument won't woIK,
horribly
A
local from in thi
except as regards the products of Old Kowloon - for special
treatment of which we should have to negotiate a
give
C
special agreement - but anything of the sort
is not practicable.
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The broad fact is that the Kowloon Canton Railwa
will compete as a route with the other great
routes from abroad to the Chinese market. It is
not possible that there should be different rates
of customs in favour of our route.
There special arrangements apply, in the case
of contigucus land frontiers, the trade is local
and the question of competition with the trans-i
oceanic traffic does not arise.
? proceed as Mr. Robinson proposes.
AVC
7/4
cher Harcont
Jafree. The trade from
old Kowloon
must from through the leased levitory of new kostoon
tit Cannst
be anything
but trade paning from
the leased territon into Chenna
Jagree
okt. 2.4.11
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