CO129-322 - Acting Governor May - 1904 [1-5] — Page 533

Government House,
Hongkong, 16th. April, 1904.

Sir,

With reference to your telegram of the 13th. instant, and to previous correspondence on the subject of the Sugar Convention, I have the honour to transmit for your consideration the enclosed copy of a Bill which has been read a first time in the Legislative Council, together with a copy of the regulations which it is proposed to make after the Bill becomes law.

2. You will observe, that it is proposed to adopt the Convention in its entirety as being more advantageous to the Sugar interests of this Colony than if the law were made so as to exclude Article IV of the Convention.

3. This resolution was arrived at on the understanding here, that unless Article IV were included, all Sugar exported from Hongkong to a Convention Country would be liable to a sur-tax whether the original cane or beet imported for refining purposes came from a bounty-giving country or not.

4. It has now been suggested that an additional regulation might be made providing for the refund of the special duty to be levied under proposed Regulation VII, in cases where such sugar is re-exported from the Colony either to a Convention Country...

The Right Honourable
ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C.M.P.,

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No.160.
Hongkong
KASTERN
No.87
COLONIAL
OFFICE

Government House,
Hongkong, 16th April, 1904.

Sir,

With reference to your telegram of the 13th instant, and to previous correspondence on the subject of the Sugar Convention, I have the honour to transmit for your consideration the enclosed copy of a Bill which has been read a first time in the Legislative Council, together with a copy of the regulations which it is proposed to make after the Bill becomes law.

2. You will observe, that it is proposed to adopt the Convention in its entirety as being more advantageous to the Sugar interests of this Colony than if the law were made so as to exclude Article IV of the Convention.

3. This resolution was arrived at on the understanding here, that unless Article IV were included, all Sugar exported from Hongkong to a Convention Country would be liable to a sur-tax whether the original cane or beet imported for refining purposes came from a bounty-giving country or not.

4. It has now been suggested that an additional regulation might be made providing for the refund of the special duty to be levied under proposed Regulation VII, in cases where such sugar is re-exported from the Colony either to a Convention Country...

The Right Honourable
ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C.M.P.,