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for your charge that the appointment
of Mr. Maze has inflicted mortal
injury on the service and in any case
the office of Inspector-General is
no easy one in present circumstances
and it is considered better policy
to support Mr. Maze rather than to
add to his difficulties by adopting
an attitude of mistrust.
3.
With the acquisition of
Tariff autonomy by China and the
opening of negotiations for the
conclusion of a commercial treaty
based upon the principle of
equality and reciprocity, the
future prosperity of Hong Kong
will clearly be affected by the
nature of the arrangement s
which it may be found possible
to make in regard to the future
functioning of the Chinese Customs
Administration.
In such matters
the