CO129-455 - Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1919 [7-9] — Page 80

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ÍMALNTISY DO

602/19).

Sir,

British Legation,

Peking.

March 29th, 1919.

With reference to my despatches of September

9th, and October 14th, last, on the subject of the Customs

Agreement which has been in negotiation between Your

Excellency's Government and the Government of China, I have

received a letter from the Inspector General of Custome inform

-ing me that the Cabinet now appears willing to authorize the

signature of the Agreement; but that, in expressing their

willingness to sanction the withdrawal of the changes which

have been urged by various Departments of the Government, they

have stipulated that three provisions relating to Inland

Waters Navigation shall be recorded by an exchange of notes.

The terms these 3 provisions refer specially to Article 5 (a)

of the Agreement, and are shown on the attached paper.

The provisions amount merely to an explanation

of the precedure in force under Treaty in China for the "steam

launches duly registered by the Chinese Maritime Customs under

the Inland Waters Steam Navigation Regulations" referred to in

the text Articles. They do not affect the sense of the Agree-

-ment in any way and their insertion is intended to save the

face of the would-be amendera. I am therefore informing the

Inspector General that there appears to be no objection to

their incorporation in notes to be exchanged on the signature

of the Agreement, subject of course to your approval.

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In a telegram from Hongkong dated December

20th. last, reference was made to letter which was being

addressed to me in regard to a proposal to amend Article

2 of the Agreement, but no letter on the subject has actually

reached me. Am I correct in assuming that Your Excellency's

Government does not propose to proceed further in that matter

and