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My Lord,
Since the receipt of Mr. Balfour'a
telegram No. 137 of March 8th. authorising the signature of
the Customs Convention between the Chinese Government and the
Government of Hongkong, I have been in correspondence with
the Hongkong Government and the Wai Chiao Pu in regard to the
final details of the Convention.
The Chinese have undoubtedly caused
undue delays in the settlement of the question, largely in
consequence of the fact that no less than four Departmenta
of the Government were concerned with the negotiations. The
various points at issue, however, have been gradually removed,
and on April 11th, I received from the Minister for Foreign
Affairs a Note of which I have the honour to enclose a copy,
authorizing the signature of the document by the Inspector
General of Customs on behalf of the Chinese Government, sub-
-ject to an exchange of notes, amounting only to an explana-
tion of procedure.
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I have now received from Mr. Claud
Severn, the Officer Administering the Government of Hongkong,
the enclosed despatch requesting me to inform the Chinese
Government that the Hongkong Government is not prepared to
continue the negotiations.
This decision has no doubt been reached
after due consideration of the wider interests involved, but,
The Right Honourable
Earl Curzon of Kedleston, K.C., G.0.8.I..
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