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Enclosure No.7.

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the draft agreement of 1918, article by article, and

satisfied ourselves that it would form a suitable

basis for the draft of a new agreement. Accordingly, we appointed a drafting committee, consisting of Sir Joseph Kemp, Mr. Wright and Ir. C.F. Johnston, to examine the draft in detail and make such amendments

This work as both sides considered to be desirable. was well done by the drafting committee; and on the 29th July a second conference was held, over which I presided, and at which there were present the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Superintendent of Imports and Exports, representing the Colony of Hong Kong, and Mr. Maze, Mr. Wright and Mr. Johnston, representing the Chinese Maritime Customs. We considered, article by article, the draft prepared by the drafting committee and approved it with certain alterations. I annex hereto a print of the draft in the form which it has now reached, and which is acceptable both to Mr. Maze and to myself. I shall today place it before my Executive Council and, if it is approved, I shall then submit it for consideration by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and the Hong Kong Chinese Chamber of Commerce. I may say that a translation of the document into Chinese is now in preparation.

8. At noon on the 30th July, Ir. Maze, with my full consent, met the Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General and the Superintendent of

Imports