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evils complained of

without necesse

cessitating

the adoption of any

mensure which

may

be distasteful to the

Community. Indeed

I have had under

my consideration

Tome

for

time pass the

scheme advocated

by für Kennedy

in relation to the

establishment in

Hong Kong of

Branch

ар

the Foreign

아

Such

Collectorate of Customs.

an arrangement

however must

necessarily

involve

considerable

involve conse

discussion and delay,

and in the meanwhile

I

am

not without

hope that through the

Good offices of

Lord

Darby the Cantonese

Auchonties.

maybe

willing to make such further modifications in their present

system of collecting

Customs Duties as

may

place matters on a

less unsatisfactory

fooling.

Sharet