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Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Sir C. Parkinson.
Sir G. Tomlinson.
Sir C. Bottomley.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
DRAFT.
FURTHER ACTION.
under the supervision of the Chinese
Maritime Customs while in Hong Kong.
In other words, such goods were to
retain Chinese national status and were
not to become liable to customs charges
on re-entry into China, Hong Kong being treated
quoted for this purpose as a Chinese
port. This is a matter of immense
importance to the entrepôt trade of
Hong Kong; but the Hong Kong Government
was not satisfied with this Article as it
stood for two main reasons:
(1) In February, 1929, the
Inspector-General of the Chinese
Maritime Customs, Mr. (now Sir
Frederick) Maze, had issued a
circular to the effect that "native
goods when sent from one Treaty Port
to another Treaty Port via foreign
ports are to be granted duty paid
certificate privileges no matter how
often the goods may have been
landed and reloaded on the way,
provided only that no repacking has
taken place".
It