CO129-513-5 Coastal and river trade- prevention of smuggling and illicit trading 15-10-1928 - 14-12-1929 — Page 88

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with a recent seizure of salt on board

the 3.3. "Kwaisang" together with copy of

my reply to the Yangtsze Freventive

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Officers in which I deal with the general

question and also with the particular

instance of the "Kwai sang”.

I have delayed referring the

general question to you until I was able

to submit the views of the shipping com-

panies concerned and I am now able to state

that Messrs. Jatiine Matheson and Company,

Messrs. Butterfield and 3wire and the

Keilen Mining Administration are unanimous

in desiring that facilities should be given

to the Yangtaze Freventive Service to searol

their hips provided that the search

parties are accompanied by a Customs offici:

and that in the event of salt being found

on board any vessel the Chinese members of

the crew suspected of being implicated

should be arrested and dealt with by the

Chinese Authorities. The shipping oom-

panies m intain that even supposing the

principle of a fine were agreed to and that

the

amount of the fine was recovered from

the Chinese orow it would not set in a ny

way as a deterrent for the reason that the

erew would recover their losses from their

employers, i... the owners of the salt.

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