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within Hong Kong itself.
Assuming that a Chinese Customs Office exercising
all the functions which such an Office would cxercise if it
were on Chincscsoil
A
is established cither in Hong Kong
itsclf or at Kowloon, the lines of co-operation with the Hong Kong Government, on a basis of reciprocity, might be: - (a) Providing the Hong Kong Imports and Exports Office
with available details regarding junks and their cargoes coming from Chinese Treaty Forts, either destined for Hong Kong or simply passing through Hong Kong en route to another Chinese port. (b) Supplying the Imports and Exports Office with
similar details regarding Inland Waters Steam
vessels.
(c) Allowing Chinese produce shipped from one Treaty
port to another Treaty Port via Hong Kong to be transhipped at Hong Kong into either steamer or junk without forfeiture of their native status, (d) Permitting foreign goods carried by junks or
steamers clearing for non-treaty ports to pay Import Duty and Transit Dues before departure from Hong Kong. If the hatches of such vessels, containing such duty-paid foreign cargo, can be satisfactorily sealed by the Chinese Customs, such
vessels