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Junk trade of that Colony, the Chinese
Government agrees to the appointment of a
Commission, to consist of a British Consul,
an officer of the Hong Kong Government, and a
Chinese official of equal rank, in order to
the establishment of some system that shall
enable the Chinese Government to protect its
revenue without prejudice to the interests
of the Colony." There was a long delay in
giving effect to this article; but at last in
June, 1886, a joint commission was appointed
consisting of Mr. Byron Brenan, British
Consul at Tientsin, and Mr. James Russell,
Puiane Judge of Hong Kong, for Great Britain; and Sir R. Hart and the Taotal Shao Yu-lien,
for China. On the 11th September, 1886, this Commission signed an agreement which provided
(a) That an officer under the Foreign
Inspectorate of Chinese Maritime Customs be
established on Chinese Territory at a conven- ient spot on the Kowloon side for sale of
Chinese opium duty certificates; and
(b) that the officer of the Foreign Inspectorage should be responsible for the
management of the Kowloon Office and investigate and settle any complaints made by junks trading
with Hong Kong against the native Customs
revenue cruisers in the neighbourhood.
9.
The Kowloon Customs House was opened in April, 1887; and, in obedience to orders,
the.