CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930 — Page 95

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7.

to how or why the proposed concessions

to Hongkong in the matter of the transit

trade or inland water privileges were

originally framed, or of any discussions

on the subject, and it is almost impos-

sible to form any opinion of their precise

value without careful study on the spot.

4. The above summary of the development

of this question is discussed in detail,

with all available references in the

attached paragraphs, dealing with the

problem first from the historical, and

later, from the immediate point of view,