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to another in different parts of the world, but their effect and character differs considerably. There are some instances (give examples) of a simple lease of a bonded warehouse or

something of that kind forming the part of an arrangement by which the goods of State A pass free of customs etc. through a port in State B. On the other hand, there are the leases granted to the U.3.A. in British West Indian islands where there are elaborate provisions with regard to jurisdiction and in effect jurisdiction in the leased areas is shared. It is not thought that any of these other cases afford any assistance in the interpretation of the Chinese lease in the present case."

(Signed) W.E. BECKETT.

19th April, 1948.