CO129-322 - Acting Governor May - 1904 [1-5] — Page 659

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Enclosure 1.

Sir,

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Hongkong, 28th. April, 1904.041

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In reply to your letter of 28th. April, 1904 No.8873/

have the honour to inform you that the Convention of

Brussels with Frotocol dated 5th. March, 1902 are in force within

Netherlands-India,

Article 4 of the said Convention crescribe that on all

sugars exported from countries, who grant any bounties or oremiums

on production or exportation of sugar a special (countervailing)

duty must be levied on importation into the countries of the High

Contracting Parties and these engaged themselves by article 8 to

take measures in order to prevent that bounty fed sugars, which are

transported (in transits) over the territory of one of the contract

-ing Parties or of their colonies enjoy of the orofits of this con-

vention on the market of destination.

So far as I can see from the text of the Brussels Con-

vention the contracting Parties did not engage themselves to oro-

hibit the importation of bounty fed sugars, but only to levy coun-

tervailing duties which must at least be equal to the direct or in-

direct premium (bounty) which was granted in the country of pro-

duction.

to age

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The incort of bounty fed sugar is therefore not pro-

hibited in Netherlands-India but countervailing duties are levied.

The annual export of sugar from Java is about

800,000,000 kilogram and the import of sugar is next to nothing.

I have &c.

The Honourable

The Colonial Secretary.

sa.

Droeze.