Iranslation.
(xtract from lai wong Fo, Hong Kong 7th March, 1927.)
Inquiry into the measures to be taken towards the
resumption of the Canton Maritime Customs.
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Since New Year's day this year by the Lunar Calendar, our Red National Flag has been noisted at the camination hed
of the Canton Customs on the west Bund, the Office of the
Commissioner of customs at Chau Tau Tsui, Hona, and the Native
Customs at ng sin hoon. The Commissioner of Customs, Berlin (?), has been urged by sir F. Aglen, the Inspector- General of Customs in Pekin, to recognise the Canton Government
and to obey its instructions as to the allotment of the Customs
revenues. Before the resumption of the Customs by the Government all receipts and expenses will be temporarily managed by the Com issioner and no unreasonable payment shall be made, nor shall any sun be expended in excess of the estimates provided last year, nor shall any expenses be added theirin retrospective. ly.
According to a velagra from ansow, the three ministers, Jun (Fo), the sinister of Communications, augene Chen the foreig Minister, and T.V. Soong the Minister of Finance, have organised a Commission of inquiry into the measures to be taken towards the resumption of the customs. Chan i woon, Ng Cheung Ying and Sze Chung Ok, who are all conversant with the work of the Customs, have been appointed to the Commission to report on what course of action should we followed in the rasumption and how it is to be carried out. The terms of reference are:-
(1) To ascertain the total annual revenue from the custous and
verify the accounts by audit.
(2) To draw up a schedule of increases and decreases in the
salaries of the officials in the Customs.