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June 29th 1910.
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„STATE TO YEATURORE 290NU 3
„ROIMHO MATE 104
sir,
I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your lettor 16v94 of the 17th instant, enclosing a draft Customs arrangement for increasing the control over the launch and junk traffic between Tong Kong and China.
Sir . Grey concurs in Lord Crews's proposal
to approve this Draft Agreement subject to the modifica- tions mentioned in your letter. He would, however, suggest the insertion in Article 2 (e) of the words *leased under the Convention of June 15th, 1898* between the words "new territories" and "shall deposit* so as to leave no ambiguity as to what the said terri- tories consist of.
Sir E.Grey considers, however, that the arrangements should be signed at Peking by His Majesty's Representative there and a Representative of the Chinese Government duly appointed for the pur- pose, and that it should be drawn up in the form of an
as indeed it is Igreement between the two Governments styled in Article 14. The preamble should accordingly
run as follows:
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"The Government of His pritannic Majesty and the Government of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China being mutually desirous of safeguarding the re- venue of the Chinese Imperial Customs and of securing reciprocal benefits to trade and commerce have authorised the undersigned to conclude the following agreement.*
The words "will arrange" would have to be substituted for "agress" after Hongkong Government in
paragraph
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