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4. That opium accompanied by such certificates, at the rate of not more than 110 taels per picul, shall be free from all further imposts of every sort, and have all the benefits stipulated for by the Additional Article on behalf of opium on which duty has been paid at one of the ports of China, and that it may be made up in sealed parcels at the option of the purchaser.
5. The junks trading between Chinese ports and Hong Kong, and their cargoes, shall not be subject to any dues or duties in excess of those leviable on junks and their cargoes trading between Chinese ports and Macao, and that no dues whatsoever shall be demanded from junks coming to Hong Kong from ports in China, or proceeding from Hong Kong to ports in China, over and above the dues paid or payable at the ports of clearance or destination.
6. That the officer of the Foreign Inspectorate, who will be responsible for the management of the Kowloon office, shall investigate and settle any complaints made by junks trading with Hong Kong against the Native Customs Revenue stations or cruisers, and that the Governor of Hong Kong, if he deems it advisable, shall be entitled to send a Hong Kong officer to be present at and assist in the investigation and decision. If, however, they do not agree, a reference may be made to the authorities at Peking for a joint decision.
Sir Robert Hart undertakes, on behalf of himself and Shao Tao-Tai (who was compelled by unavoidable circumstances to leave before the sittings of the Commission were terminated), that the Chinese Government shall agree to the above conditions.
The Undersigned are of opinion that if these arrangements are fully carried out a fairly satisfactory solution of the questions connected with the so-called "Hong Kong blockade" will have been arrived at.
Signed in triplicate at Hong Kong this 11th day of September, 1886.
BYRON BRENAN,
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Tientsin.
J. RUSSELL,
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Puisne Judge of Hong Kong.
ROBERT HART,
Inspector General of Customs, China.
Reprinted from "Hertslet's China Treaties," Third Edition, Vol. I, pp. 90, 91.
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