closing copy of a
a letter from the Inspector General of Chi- nese Customs setting forth the arrangements which, in
Sir Robert Hart's
are
opinion, necessary for the protection of Chinese revenue under the new circumstances crea
ted by the extension of: Hongkong territory and to submit for your considera- tion comments and observa tions on the matter treated. in Sir Robert Hart's number-
ed
ed
low.
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'paragraphs which I fol.
I strongly
1.
recommend
that the Chinese Customs be
not formally accorded the right to maintain its of fice in
HongKong
and that
the Commissioner of Customs be not recognised
nese
as a Chi
official, but that he remain as at present with out official status of any Kind. The English Govern- ment has always recogni.
se ä
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