In any further communication
this subject, please quote
No.
F45/37/10.
and address--
not to any person by name,
but to--
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'The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.1.
IMMEDIATE.
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RECEIVED
21AN SOU
COL. OFFICE
FOREIGN OFFICE.
S.W.1.
235
18th January, 1930.
No so.
62847 A.
Sir,
I am directed by Mr. Secretary Henderson to refer to
previous correspondence on the subject of the proposed
agreement between Hongkong and China relating to the Chinese
Maritime Customs Administration and to transmit herewith to
be laid before Lord Passfield, copies of a despatch dated
November 25th from His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton to
His Majesty's Minister in Peking, a letter dated January 3rd
from the China Association enclosing copies of telegraphic
correspondence with the Chambers of Commerce in Hongkong
and Shanghai, a telegram dated January 2nd from Sir M.
Lampson and a telegram dated January 9th from His Majesty's
Legation at Peking transmitting a telegram from Shanghai
containing the views of the British Chamber of Commerce and
China Association at that port. The enclosures in the
Canton Despatch referred to above (Enclosure No. 1) consisting
of a despatch dated November 20th from the Governor of
Hongkong, with enclosures, addressed to the Secretary of
State for the Colonies have doubtless been received by Lord
Passfield direct.
2. A careful examination of the revised draft of the
Agreement forming enclosure to the Hongkong despatch
referred to above shows that the amendments that have now
been introduced are more extensive than the despatches from
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
Mr