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part of China to another. The matter, however, does not appear to be one which i would be altogether easy to adjust.
A state of things which is somewhat analogous arises in connection with native goods sent by steamer from Canton via Hong Kong to Shanghai or other coast ports; but in this instance things are simplified by the fact that the method of transportation does not change, and that the Imperial Maritime Customs do not at any time lose control. The goods declared for Amoy or Shanghai as the case may be, are thus In the case of entered on the steamer's manifest and are not landed in Hong Kong. goods shipped via Vladivostock, matters are more complicated: from Pogranitchnaya the goods pass into the Primorsk, a foreign country, and out of the control of the Imperial Maritime Customs and, on arrival at Vladivostock, they are traushipped from the railway to the steamer in which they are to be conveyed to the port of destination in China proper. Possibly, the practice adopted in Yünnan regarding native goods transported from one part of China to another, and carried over a portion of the journey by the French railway viâ Tongking, may in some respects be adaptable to local conditions.
The two "Exempla" of the Draft Treaty.
The object of these drafts is to embody in succinct form the recommendations of the committee contained in Annexes (A) and (B). The points which have seemed to be of chief importance have already received consideration, but in Annex (F) the two alternative drafts have been contrasted with a view to facilitating a comparison between them.
RETURN of the Total Trade coming under the cognisance of the Imperial Maritime Custom-houses in the Harbin District during the years 1909 and 1910.
Aigun Sansing..
Manchuria
Harbin ..
Pogranitchnaya
Toral
Port.
1909.
1910.
Haikwan Taels.
Iaikwan Taels.
819,452
2,114,869
1,080,708
2,967,470
7,865,700
10,864,419
4,416,250
8,420,694
23,670,924
20,196,050
37,869,034
44,563,002
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
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[May 11.]
SECTION 1.
REG 16 JUN 11
No. 1.
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Mr. Addis to Foreign Office,-(Received May 11.)
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Dear Sir Francis,
31, Lombard Street, London, May 10, 1911. CHINESE currency loan. I enclose for your information a copy of a telegram from Mr. Calhoun, the American Minister at Peking, to Mr. Secretary Knox, from which will see that the Chinese Government have agreed to the appointment of a
yon financial adviser on the terms suggested, which I understand to be a three years' engagement at a salary of 5,0001. per annum with a house.
Yours truly,
(Telegraphic.)
Enclosure in No. 1.
Mr. Calhoun to Mr. Knoz.
C. S. ADDIS.
Peking, April 29, 1911. IN reply to your telegram of the 24th March, have not been able to get definite answer as to China's opinion until to-day. Shêng first objected to price as being too high, but to-day he told Tenney terms as suggested by you will be satisfactory. I am to have written confirmation to-morrow. Sheng hopes that adviser selected will be able to speak English, also wishes him to assist in reorganisation of Ta Ching Bank. Hopes he can be here as early as July.
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It should be stated that the year 1910 was the first in which the Imperial Maritime Customs had control for a full season of the trade on the Sungari and at Aigun, and that the total customs revenne collected at the five ports was in 1909 814,361 Haikwan taels and in 1910 1,031,050 Haikwan taels. It may be remarked, also, that in one way or another Russia was interested in the bulk of the large total trade of 37,859,034 Haikwan taels in 1909 and 44,563,002 Haikwan taels in 1910.
H. E. SLY. Harbin, March 30, 1911.
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