National government and the Ministry of Finance
with the request that it may be carried out with
determination. This telegram is therefore des-
patched and an early reply is awaited.”
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The Ministry of Finance has already received rq orts
from the Inspector General of Customs to the effect tha t
smuggling is daily increasing at Hongkong and along the
and
coast of China,/instructions are therefore now issued to
the inspector General to proceed to Hongkong and discuss
a settlement with the governor whereby China my at an
early date establish a custom buse at Hongkong to
collect duty and to control smuggling. If he is still
unable to reach a satisfactory settlement the inspector
General should draw up a scheme for controlling smuggling
by the Chinese Karitime Customs from near Hongkong and
make a report thereon requesting permission to put into
affect. If it is necessary to remove the Custom House
at Bangkeng to the Hongkong-Kwantung border a report
should be submitted in secordance with the facts*.
The Custom Department having received the above instruat-
ions hereby orders the Inspector
Inspector General to take action ace-
ordingly. If he is still unable to come to any agreement with
the new Governor of Hongkong, he should take steps to draw up
a preventive scheme to protect the revenue and to uphold the
Customs Administration.
to
A reply in this sense has been
#graphed the Kwangtung / rovincial Government.