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that it was believed that the right of inland water

trade for Chinese flag vessels from Hong Kong

was, in any case, likely to be demanded from the Nankin

Government by the Chinese

interests

concerned.

sought

As regards the national treatment for

Nanking

Hong Kong manufactures under the

new

Article 10, the Foreign Office representatives declared

that there was no prospect of the Chinese agreeing to

would put Hong Kong within the

the proposal. It

it

Chinese tariff wall and make for tariff purposes an

integral part of China.

A

Whether that was desirable

or not, was a question for the Colonial Office.

It was also surmised that difficulty might

arise from the removal of the Article regarding salt

control, since salt had been a principal ground of contention in connection with the former H Harris

Agreement. The position however in this respect

was not clear.

interests

to avoid the 21sk of prejudicing general British slichting Sir Gilbert Grindle suggested that it might at the

the House Kong

break

be better to bring off/negotiations now and append

Treaty

present Stage of the

Tocat?

to the Commercial boment, when negotiated, a special Comm

provision securing the desired inland water privileges

for Hong Kong British shipping in return for the

arystiation

grant to the Chinese Maritime Customs of permission

出

to function in the Colony.

this would lead to

Sir J. Pratt feared that

reinstitution of the blockade

of Hong Kong, with the probability of incidents and

friction