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11.

Junk trade of that Colony, the Chinese

Government agrees to the appointment of a

Commission, to consist of a British Consul,

an officer of the Hong Kong Government, and a

Chinese official of equal rank, in order to

the establishment of some system that shall

enable the Chinese Government to protect its

revenue without prejudice to the interests

of the Colony." There was a long delay in

giving effect to this article; but at last in

June, 1886, a joint commission was appointed

consisting of Mr. Byron Brenan, British

Consul at Tientsin, and Mr. James Russell,

Puisne Judge of Hong Kong, for Great Britain;

and Sir R. Hart and the Taotai Shao Yu-lien,

for China. On the 11th September, 1886, this

Commission signed an agreement which provided -

(a) That an officer under the Foreign

Inspectorate of Chinese Maritime Customs be

established on Chinese Territory at a conven-

ient spot on the Kowloon side for sale of

Chinese opium duty certificates: and

(b) that the officer of the Foreign

Inspectorage should be responsible for the

management of the Kowloon Office and investigate

and settle any complaints made by junks trading

with Hong Kong against the native Customs

revenue cruisers in the neighbourhood.

9.

The Kowloon Customs House was opened

in April, 1887; and, in obedience to orders,

the.