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extension of control at the Kowloon Railway terminus, the
harbour and junk anchorages and afloat of shipping and
cargoes destined for China. This included proposals for
the joint control of exports of salt, and involved plans
for the joint collection of reliable statistics, the re-
gistration and control of shipping, the establishment of
Customs sub-stations, the joint control of exports of
explosives, munitions, live-stock as well as of other
cargoes and discussions regarding penalties and their
legal enforcement.
duration of the new Agreement to be concluded the Com-
missioner of Chinese Customs shall continue to be British,
and that the personnel of the Chinese Customs Staff at
Hongkong should be approved by the Colonial Government.
On the Chinese Customs side, assuming that a
6.
It was insisted on that during the
Chinese Customs Office or Offices exercising all the functions
which such Office or Offices would exercise on Chinese soil
were established either in Hongkong or at Kowloon, the lines
of cooperation with the Hongkong Government, on a basis of
reciprocity, would probably be as follows:-
(a) Providing the Hongkong Imports and Exports Office
with available details regarding Junks and their
cargoes coming from Chinese Treaty Ports, either
destined for Hongkong or simply passing through
Hongkong en route to another Chinese port.
(b) Supplying the Imports and Exports office with
similar details regarding Inland Waters Steam
vessels.
(0)
Allowing Chinese produce shipped from one Treaty
Port to another Treaty Port via Hongkong to be
transhipped at Hongkong into either steamer or
junk or train without forfeiture of its native
status.
(a)/