COPY.
Co to H.M.M.Representative.
F.0. (Via Siberia).
BRITISH LEGATION, PEKING.
(05/5.7.)
23rd October 1:30.
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Ity doar itr. 120,
Very many thanks for your two letters ar
October 14th about the proposed 3ino-longkong Gus-
toma Agreemant.
I m glad to hear that the Minister of
Finance anticipates no objection to the greenant
if concluded in the form of the redraft you sont
me, and I have every hope for the success of your
negotiations in Hangisung ●
the amendments contained in your new
draft appear to me to be technical matters which
are of course for discusdion between yourself and
the Hongkong authorities and I cannot usefully nake
any comment on thes, beyond saying that it soome to
me that such points ought not to be beyond the pos-
sibility of amicable agreement, and to expresó ny
P. %. Nase, aquire,
Inspector-General of Customs,
SHANGHAI.
personal/