CO129-455 - Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1919 [7-9] — Page 72

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"district is aided and abetted by the Salt-Commissioner's

"own preventive launches, the Salt Merchants and the

"Government gunboats guarding the West River Delta"

A fresh instance of this insincerity occurred only a few

months ago when a salt-junk from Hong Kong was met in Deep

Bay by an armed launch belonging to some Chinese Department.

(A different explanation of this incident is, however,

possible see note at end of this report).

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This objection the insincerity of China applies whether

control is by taxation or not. But it is doubly vexatious

that our population should be taxed to protest the revenue

of a Power, whose own officials systematically "aid and abet"

frauds on that revenue.

Taxation is not necessary to secure the end in view. A system

of licences and permite can limit the amount of "free" salt

in the Colony to the actual requirements of its population.

The same system can suppress out of hand the smuggling depots

at Deep Bay and elsewhere within the Colony. There will be

a certain amount of leakage through the fishing fleet, but

there would be just the sameleakage with the more or less

nominal tax of 20 cents per picul.

It will not be amiss to record here the fact that there is

strong evidence to shew that armed Chinese patrol-launches

belonging to the Gabelle or some other Department are in the

habit of molesting salt-laden vessels well within the waters

of the Colony. The incident in Deep Bay mentioned above may

be an instance of this. Other and clearer cases have been

reported, the scene being between the Ninepins and Po Toi

Island. The junks seized in the latter case were carrying

salt from the Chinese Coast.

(Bd.) D.W. Tratman,

Ag. Supt. of Imports and Exporta.

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Hongkong 18. 3. 19.