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rem from the Officer Administering the Government of Hong
Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies
Dated 19 August 1932. Received 3.55 a.n. 19 August 1932,
Par tam via M
Addi essed to Secretary of State for the Colonies No.173 repeated
to Peking Mission oopy to Canton and Shanghai for Commercial
Confidential. Your telegram No.101 Consular
Counsellor.
Invoices.
Proposed
new system will be irksome and detrimen-
tal to trade generally but if it is admitted we cannot object in
principle to system of Consular Invoices and
chief objection
ability is small number of Chinese
This
in the matter of work
Consuls there should not be much difficulty in Hong Kong where
there is already Commissioner of Chinese Customs.
officer could perform probably much more efficiently all the
duties which would fall on a Consul under Consular Invoice
regulations. Article 15 rules promulgated on June 25th 1932
copy of which I have received from Charge d'Affaires Peking
seems to offer opportunity for pressing this suggestion.
Commissioner of Customs himself officialof Chinese Government
though not expressly mentioned in Article 15 would be much
better substitute for Congul than Chinese Chamber of Commerce
or a Consul other nationality as there suggested.
If Foreign Office suggestion for six months delay in
introduction is refused by Chinese Government I would urge
Chinese Government be pressed to accept Commissioner of Chinese Customs as its representa tive Hong Kong for issue of Consular
Invoices.
This proposal was unandovaly approved
approved by Executive Council August 18th.
Question of Chinese Vice Consul Hong Kong will subject of separate telegram.
form