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Agreement was carefully examined and it was agreed
that it would form a suitable basis for the draft
of a new agreement. A drafting committee examined
this draft in detail, making such amendments as both
sides considered desirable, and the draft prepared
by the Committee was considered at a second conference,
on the 29th July, and finally approved with certain
alterations. The general principle of the Agreement
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was also accepted subsequently by the Executive
enclosed wis Council. A copy of this first draft is amper d..
The position of the two sides in the se
negotiations was summarized afterwards by Mr. G. S.
Moss, the Acting Consul-General at Canton, who had
taken part in the discussions, as follows:
"On the HongKong si de there appeared to be
willingness in the interests of the safeguarding
of the Chinese Customs revenue and of the
facilitation of British trade to make great
concessions to permit of a large increase in
the Chinese Customs staff to co-operate in the
Colony and its waters with the Colonial
rand
authorities as regards the extension of control,
at the Kowloon Railway terminus, the harbour,
junk anchorages and afloat, of shipping and cargoes
destined for China. This included proposals for the joint controlof exports of salt, and
involved plans for the joint collection of reliable
statistics, the registration and control of
shipping, the establishment of Customs sub-stations,
the joint control of exports of explosives,
munitions