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pro over 20,000 junks.

His Excellency:

Kr. Laze:

in Shanghai.

What do you do yourselves?

Junks are under much closer control

not only stores.

Then we search wo search everything,

His Excellency: That do you mean by "Supervision to be exorcised over Stores "?

Ir. lazed I prosume it was to assist the Chinesc

Customs and seo that Junks were not carrying

anything dutiable.

Sir Joseph Kemp: Thy is that necessary

Er.

Haze says they search a Junk for everything.

Ir. Faze: So long as they only carry fish we do

not inspect. I remember in 1916 it was said that

cxcessive quantities of salt were carried in fishing junks, nominally as Stores for salting fish, and I think the idea was to control salt.

This was one of the main objects of the Agreement. His Excellency: I should like to have from you

a statement as to the value you attach to this clause and what precise supervision you would

cxpect us to exercise.

Ir. Taze? We would like you to see that no

fishing junk leaves the Colony with dutiable goods. A fishing boat might very easily become engaged in extensive smuggling.

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