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edð gatveel Lonzev Tieve to atmoṇA to Tenwo off*

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a mort cremqideansit s ro gnodznok mort at ogrso

coraf bolf.*

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Government can only take cognizance of the number of packages

of each kind of goods and form an approximate value. Perhaps

the steamship companies who in the case of direct transshipments

are acting as forwarding agents might be able to give the value

of consignments.

As to Imports and Exports, the statistics

taken from the manifest will be meagre and, with the exception

of bulky cargo, will consist only of the number of packages and

description of goods but with no specific details as to their

centents. These will have to be obatined from the consignees

as explained belowž.

Concerning the Junk Trade and China Coast-

-ing Trade carried on by the regular coasting lines of steamers

no difficulty should be experienced in obtaining full particu-

-lars of cargoes of such vessels. The co-operation of the

Imperial Maritime Customs would be of great help in supply-

-ing through the Commissioner of Customs, Kowloon, Cargo

Certificate from Chinese Ports showing the goods with weight

and value passed at a Treaty Port for Hongkong.

Vessels arriving with carge from other

than a Chinese Treaty Port present some complications in view

of the fact that the manifests of Vessels only give the number of packages only in the case of "packed"goods, and weight in that of bulky carge; as regards the latter, weight is all that

is required but in the case of the "packed" goods it will be

necessary for the Harbour Master's Office to obtain from each

individual firm or consignee such particulars as areń required

for the compilation of accurate statistics. This procedure may

soem at first sight to present many difficultées but these

should be overcome by inviting all concerned by a particular

note to meet the Government views. Once these views well under-

-stood by the merchants, that it is not the intention of the

government to make use of the information given for any other

purpose than to assist in producing simple statistics of the

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trade