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Sir,
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 14th June,1926,
68
On the 20th May you telegraphed to me referring
to telegram No. 35 of the 15th May from His Majesty's Minister
at Peking to the Foreign Office and inquiring whether I hav
any observations on the draft surtax agreement. Neither I nor
His Majesty's Consul veneral at anton had received a copy of the telegram in question or of the draft surtax agreement. 1, there-
fore, telegraphed to Sir R.Macleay for copies of these documents and on the 3rd June he telegraphed to me the following summary of the draft agreement embodied in his telegram No. 35 to the Foreign Office:-
For the purpose of giving effect to the relevant articles
" of the Washington Treaty, Powers agree three months after
signature of agreement Chinese Government shall levy
uniformly on all land and maritime frontiers a surtax of
* 24% on all imports and a further surtax two and a half per
"cent on certain imports listed on schedule annexed thereto.
Transit pass fees at present credited to the
Central Goverment shall be distributed through
the Maritime Administration to the authorities
in provinces concerned. By way of compensation $5,000,000 will be credited from dashington surtax collections to ordinary customs revenue.
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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S.AMERY, M.P.,
&C.? &c.,
&c.