CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930 — Page 222

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the Hoppo and the likin Board withdrew and

handed over change to the Kowloon Commissioner

of Chinese Maritime Customs, who commenced the

lovy of likin and ghing-fei upon general cargo

on the 2nd April, 1887, the collection of

tariff import duty and of Convention likin on

opium on the 14th of the same month, and finally

the collection of native duty on general cargo

on the lst July following, by which time the

stations under the new management were in full

operation. The work proper of the Customs

House 1..., the examination of cargo and

collection of duties, was done at the previously

existing stations in Chinese territory, but the

general recording office was located in Hong

Kong. At this office correspondence was carried

on, returns for the Board of Trade and Revenue

were prepared and despatched, the office accounts

kept and disbursements made, but no dues or

duties of any kind were collected. The

Commissioner himself and his European assistants

resided in Hong Kong island at the Peak.

10.

This arrangement was understood to be

purely temporary, for it had been clearly laid

down in the agreement signed on the 11th Septex-

ber 1886, that the office of the Foreign

Inspectorage of Chinese Maritime Customs should

be established on Chinese Territory at a

convenient spot in Kowloon. But no further

action.