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Hon. Colonial Secretary,
REC
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REG 25 JULIF
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I fail to understand this trouble.
By the 8.5. Benledi which cleared from London 10.8.16. there
arrived here a quantity of cargo sonsigned by both the
complainants to Sam Shui, Swatow, Oenton, Amoy and Tax Sui.
All this cargo was transhipped to destination without any
trouble. Every steemer bringe quantities of transhipment
cargo from England.
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2. When the Imports and Experts order
first came into foroe, shipping agents demurred to making out
an Import and Export permit as well as an kxport Manifest for
transhipment cargo. This has been met by our taking the
export manifest of transhipment cargo as import and saport
permit, And signing it like e permit.
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8. The Peninsularerd Oriental/inform me
that their London office probably were a little too hasty in
interpreting the information sent from this end, and the shippers
in London objected to furnishing full details as to consignass'
MARS. The shipping Companies then said they could not take
It should be remembered that the Peninsular and 5.3.Co. Oriental, seldom had a through eargo or intermediate steamer for montha past, and no doubt are not keen on any sargo which has
Thousands of
the cargo.
to be transhipped at Bombay or Colombo for Chine. tons of cargo is transhipped here every week, and this is the
first complaint. Sone of the shipping Companies complain
about the way transhipment cargo is treated as a whole.
4. The shipping Companies at first were
afraid of the legal consequences if they applied for an Export
permit and made a declaration as at A in form attached. Our
present system mõešs this difficulty, shipping Companies are now only responsible for giving us a true copy of the information
they have regarding the cargo, LE GORMON carriera. But we refuse
to allow any cargo to go, unless we know the ultimate consignees.