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within Hong Kong itself.

Assuming that a Chinese Customs Office exercising

all the functions which such an Office would cxercise if it

were on Chincscsoil

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is established cither in Hong Kong

itsclf or at Kowloon, the lines of co-operation with the Hong Kong Government, on a basis of reciprocity, might be: - (a) Providing the Hong Kong Imports and Exports Office

with available details regarding junks and their cargoes coming from Chinese Treaty Forts, either destined for Hong Kong or simply passing through Hong Kong en route to another Chinese port. (b) Supplying the Imports and Exports Office with

similar details regarding Inland Waters Steam

vessels.

(c) Allowing Chinese produce shipped from one Treaty

port to another Treaty Port via Hong Kong to be transhipped at Hong Kong into either steamer or junk without forfeiture of their native status, (d) Permitting foreign goods carried by junks or

steamers clearing for non-treaty ports to pay Import Duty and Transit Dues before departure from Hong Kong. If the hatches of such vessels, containing such duty-paid foreign cargo, can be satisfactorily sealed by the Chinese Customs, such

vessels