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for your charge that the appointment

of Mr. Maze has inflicted mortal

injury on the service and in any case

the office of Inspector-General is

no easy one in present circumstances

and it is considered better policy

to support Mr. Maze rather than to

add to his difficulties by adopting

an attitude of mistrust.

3.

With the acquisition of

Tariff autonomy by China and the

opening of negotiations for the

conclusion of a commercial treaty

based upon the principle of

equality and reciprocity, the

future prosperity of Hong Kong

will clearly be affected by the

nature of the arrangement s

which it may be found possible

to make in regard to the future

functioning of the Chinese Customs

Administration.

In such matters

the