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No. 3.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to THE OFFICERS ADMINISTERING THE GOVERN- MENTS OF CANADA, JAMAICA, WINDWARD ISLANDS, LEEWARD ISLANDS, BARBADOS, TRINIDAD, BRITISH GUIANA, MAUR- ITIUS, CEYLON, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND FEDERATED MALAY STATES, HONG KONG, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, FIJI, CAPE, NATAL.
(Sent 7.15 p.m., July 25, 1903.)
TELEGRAM.
[Answered as to Hong Kong by No. 4.]
Brussels Sugar Convention. All sugar imported into United Kingdom after 31st August must have certificate of origin. This does not apply to sugar which has been used in preparation of such articles as biscuits, chocolate, jam, preserved fruit and confectionery. All sugar imported into other signatory States will require certi- ficate of origin; but His Majesty's Government do not yet know what these States may require in regard to articles in the preparation of which sugar may be used. Make this known at once, and take such action as may be necessary.
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No. 4.
GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(No. 374.) SIR,
(Received August 31, 1903.)
[Answered by No. 6.]
Government House, Hong Kong, July 31, 1903.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram transmitted through the Governor of the Straits Settlements on the 27th instant, with regard to the new regulations governing the importation of sugar into Great Britain and Ireland. I have caused these regulations to be communicated to the local Chamber of Commerce, and to the sugar dealers and manufacturers in this Colony.
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I have, &c.,
HENRY A. BLAKE,
Governor, &c.
(No. 90.)
No. 8.
MR. LYTTELTON to ACTIng-Governor MAY.
[Answered by No. 19.]
SIR,
Downing Street, March 24, 1904. WITH reference to Sir H. A. Blake's despatch, No. 374, of the 31st of July, 1903, I have the honour to request that you will be so good as to inform me from what countries raw sugar is imported into Hong Kong for refining, and what are the places to which refined sugar is exported from the Colony.
2. I would point out that in the despatch above referred to, Sir H. A. Blake speaks only of sugar imported into Great Britain and Ireland, whereas Mr. Cham- berlain's circular despatch of July 30th, 1903,† to which no answer has yet been received from Hong Kong, refers to the necessity for certificates of origin in the case of all imports of sugar into any of the States which are parties to the Brussels Convention, including any of the Colonies of such States, e.g., French Indo-China,
2a. I enclose a copy of the Customs Regulations of the latter Colony, from which you will see that, with the exception of certain Chinese sugars, no sugar may be imported unless it comes from a Contracting State or from a Colony of such a State. Sugar refined in Hong Kong would therefore be entitled to admission on payment of a duty of 6 francs per 100 kilos, whatever the source of the raw sugar used, provided that it did not come from a country' which the Permanent Commission, appointed under the Brussels Convention, had decided to be a country which gave bounties on raw sugar.
3. It would, therefore, be necessary that refined sugar exported from Hong Kong to French Indo-China should be accompanied by a certificate showing that none of the raw sugar used had come from such a country, since if any portion of the raw sugar used were of this description it would be useless to send the refined product to Indo-China at all, as it would be refused admission.
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understand that in the Dutch Colonies in the East the import of bounty-
fed sugar is not prohibited but countervailing duties are levied. The point will only affect Hong Kong if any refined sugar is exported from Hong Kong to those Colonies, and you will doubtless be able to obtain definite information on this point from the Netherlands Consul-General at Hong Kong.
time.
5. The decisions of the Permanent Commission as to the countries which give bounties, announced up to the present time, have been communicated to you in my predecessor's circular despatch of 30th July, 1903,† and my circular despatch of 19th December, 1903,† and any further decisions will be duly communicated from time to
6. I shall be glad to learn in due course with reference to Sir H. Blake's lespatch, No. 473, of the 14th October last, what arrangements have been made with regard to the issue of certificates of origin.
I have, &c.,
ALFRED LYTTELTON.
(No. 473.)
SIR,
GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE to MR. LYTTELTON. (Received November 18, 1903.)
Government House, Hong Kong, October 14, 1903.
In reply to Mr. Chamberlain's circular despatch of the 3rd ultimo,† I have the honour to inform you that the Colonial Secretary of this Colony is the "Fiscal Authority" for the purposes of the Regulation therein referred to.
I have, &c.,
HENRY A. BLAKE,
Governor, &c.
Enclosure in No. 0.
INDO-CHINE.
A-Régime des Sucres à L'Entree.
Droits de douane.
La Colonie est soumise au régime douanier métropolitain.
Antérieurement
à La Convention de Bruxelles, une tarification spéciale, approuvée par le décret du
29 Décembre, 1898, prohibait à l'entrée tous les sucres étrangers.
La Convention de Bruxelles ayant été rendue applicable à la colonie par le
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