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signed on the 9th. June, 1898 1898, leasing the New

Territories to Great Britain, a condition to the effect

that the native city of Kowloon should remain under

Chinese Jurisdiction, state that they regard the stipula-

-tion "with much apprehension and disquiet", and on the 18th. July, 1898, they informed the Colonial Secretary

that the Chamber had telegraphed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs as follows:- "Hongkong Chamber of

"Commerce strenuously urges Government insist absolute freedom from Chinese Customs and Jurisdiction whole Kow-

-loon extension territory including city. Anything less

renders situation most unsatisfactory leading to endless

complications".

On the 12th. August, 1898, the Chamber in a further letter again insisted on the removal of the Chinese

Customs from the Colony and of the 1st. September, 1898,

the Chamber passed the following resolutions:-

1.

2.

That the Customs Office be no longer permit-

-ted to collect duties in the Colony or

its waters.

That all opium arriving in the Colony be

accounted for either through the Agency of

Bonded Warehouses or otherwise.

3.

That the Government do all in their power

to protest the Chinese revenue xxx more

especially with regard to the Opium

Farmer.

4.

That the revenue Stations and Revenue

Cruisers be moved beyond the limits of

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