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addressed.
Mr. Laze: Any mail matter addressed to Chinese Post
Offices.
His Excellency: Article V. in itself does part of
what I ask for - British ships would have a right to
trade in Chinese inland waters.
r. Southorn: Does Article 5 apply to all flags?
His Excellency: Yes, to all flags.
Sir Joseph Kemp: Steam or actor vessels duly
registered by the Chinese Maritime Customs may trade
between Hong Kong and non-open ports of the Kwang provinces. Is it intended that ships registered
in that way should be allowed to take interport
trade. Say a registered ship leaves Hong Kong
for a round trip and passes ports A, B and C to
take cargo and passengers
A to B and from B to C.?
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can it trade from
Mr. Maze: It can trade between Treaty Port and
non-treaty Port or between two non-treaty Ports,
provided that it comes back to the Treaty Port. If I might suggest when this clause is being dealt with you might introduce the phraseology
of the "Inland Tater Regulations".
His Excellency: For purposes of this trade Hong Kong would have the privileges of a Treaty Port. Sir Joseph Kemp If you have a steam launch
running
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