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LONDON OFFICE OF THE INSPECTORATE GENERAL

C

47967

Ree 28 SEF 20j

CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS:

OF

26, Old Queen Street, Westminster, S.W.

19.20..

28 September

copy

Dear Sir,

In a recent conversation which I had with

Mr. Wellesley, the Chief of the Far Eastern Department

of the Foreign Office, an old-standing difficulty in

connection with the Tonnage Measurement of certain

Hongkong vessels was referred to.

Mr. Wellesley

kindly gave me an introduction to Mr. Grindle of the

Colonial Office with whom I discussed the question,

the subject.

and at his suggestion I now venture to address you on

What is at issue is partly a technical

matter of Tonnage Measurement, concerning which I have

to rely on my expert advisers, and partly a matter of

comity between Great Britain and Chine.

The

technical side of the question can apparently only be

-er-Secretary of State for the Colonies,

Colonial Office.

discussed