CO129-492 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1925 [12] - 1926 [1-5] — Page 544

the question of allocating

a

share of the

perceds of the Washington surtaxes to

the Can Lom tomat

I am to invite attention

ponticulody to the lose pora of DC.

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with he points to

the likeliava of on mcrease in the

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with detrimculant would the Wlation between

development of ammopping! The

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whether This

home has as yet been consid

connection with the proposal to ranso

the dulis.

(Signed) G, GRINDLE.

The Colony

& in neighbo

-Yor

ΜΟΥ CONFIDE

c.12715/29/2

Sir.

Downing Street,

526

30 June, 1926.

With reference to your letter of the 23rd of

June, No.F.2550/8/10 and previous correspondence, I

am directed by Hr.Secretary Amery to transmit to you,

to be laid before Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain, a

copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong in

which he expresses his views on the question f allocating a share of the proceeds of the Washington

surtaxes to the Canton Government.

2.

I am to invite attention particularly to

the last paragraph of Sir C.Clementi's despatch in which he points to the likelihood of an increase in

the Chinese customs duties resulting in the development of smiggling with detrimental results to the relations

between the Colony and its neighbours. The Secretary

of State is not aware whether this point has as yet

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,

FOREIGN OFFICE.

been