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DESTROYED UNDER STATUTE
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sination in Sent. Come
Nos. 24 and 26.
The total amount of fines
levied in the various Chinese ports since the
20th of March 1931 (presumably up to the end
of December, 1932) upon the China Navigation
Company by the Chinese Maritime Customs on account
of cargo smuggled in their steamers is stated
to have amounted to approximately H.K.$38,000.
It is not, however, possible to extract from
the figure given in (18) (24) and (26) a figure
for the approximate amount of fines levied in
respect of cargo smuggled from Hong Kong.
large wasávtitka propar tion of the smuggled
cargo was probably shipped from Hong Kong.
No. 25.
Messrs. Butterfield and Swire in the
enclosures again refer to W smuggling
organisations. It will be remembered that in
paragraph 7 of (2) the Governor reported that
no evidence had been found of the existence of
such organisations, and that all available
information pointed to the Chinese compradores
and crews as principals.
I do not think that we can take any
further actionuntil we hear from Hong Kong the
outcome of the discussions referred to in
paragraph 6 of (2).
No.27. This despatch from the Governor reports his
conversation with Sir Miles Lampson and Sir F.
Maze regarding the possibility of the signature
of the Hong Kong-China Customs Agreement
and their subsequent conversations upon the
subject