CO129-266 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [1-3] — Page 635

exception of junks running between Hongkong and (gutow and vice

versa. It is this exception that opens the door for the irregularities that the stongkong Chamber of Commerce complains of

- complains of Junks

bound for Canton pass the Cap-sin -moon Station without examination. and pay their duties to the Stoppo of bauton, junks coming from Canton on arrival at Capsui

shew their clearance from the Stopps and are allowed to pass:

all other jinks

are overhauled

at Cap sui moon and pay their duties there according to a tariff fixed by the Hoppe and which differs from the treaty tariff.

There is no valid reason why Canton junks should be treated differently; leaving stong. -Kong they could pay their at Cap-sui moon,

duties

and

and ou

moon on

arriving near

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StongKong

they could be passed at Cap-sui producing a dearance from the Commissioner of Custones at Canton. The duties thus collected

could be paid in the same way to the Hopps, as all the other duties collected on his behalf by the foreign commissione: of the Kowloon Customs, and the only -difference would be that the Treaty tariff would be applied in the case of juncks trading between Canton Stougtong"

If the above statement is correct, the Governor would be to know if in effect, and

glad perhaps within

you a

Knowledge, a differential tariff does not exist on tea and

ather goods carried by punks between kauton & Stongkong, and also how euch differential

localiment