COPY:
No.63. (9/5.Y).
SECRE T.
Copy to F.0.
BRITISH LEGATION,
PEKING,
11th September, 1931.
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Sir,
With reference to Your Excellency's
despatch, Secret, of the 13th of August, last, on the subject of certain alterations to the draft Customs Agreement of November 6th, 1930, suggested to you informally by the Inspector-General of Customs, 1 have the honour to inform you that I
am not aware of any serious objections to these
amendments.
2.
The payment of Coast Trade Duty levied
by the aritime Customs on native produce between treaty port and treaty port, was definitely
abolished on the 1st of January this year. The
words in Article XVI. (c), quoted in paragraph 2.
of your despatch, would therefore appear to be
unnecessary, as Mr. Maze points out.
3.
As regards the cancellation by the
Chinese Customs of the system of drawbacks on foreign duty-paid imports re-exported abroad, the position under the system in force until
April 1st of this year, was that foreign
His Excellency,
Sir William Peel, K.C.M.G., K.B.E.
HONG KONG.
goods