CO129-522-4 China inland water- river and coastal trade- smuggling by British ships 12-12-1929 - 24-3-1930 — Page 19

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Inland water Certificatee issued by the Meritime

Custome:

at Canton. at kon moon at Muchow. at bamshui

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18.

4.

1.

15.

(in reality ci, ma one hulde oortiflostes

issued by tw. Custom Houses);

6. Steemers and motor-boste ia pos. ession of

Certificates of British Ownership issued by this

Consulate-General under Canton Consular District

Regulations, 1912.

.......4;

asny of these, such as the motor-uoats and

lighters of the Agletic Petroleum Company, #180

po:sees Inland Water Certificates: the remainder ply

within harbour limite Centon la noarly all oasee.

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land

No

It should be noted that only in e minority of cases

ere they actually “pleasure bokta", but possess these

certificates for obvious reasons of convenience.

vessel, possessing an Inland Water Certificate does

not also possess a Certifioste of British Ownership.

All vessels in categories 1-4 have Certificates

of British Registry. ▲ few possessing Certificates of

British Ownership as specified in category also

possess Certificates of British Registry.

Those under (2) and (3) are interchangeable

in certain cures, such me Asiatic Petroleum Company

tugs and lighters.

The total is 94, a figure which is far in

advance of the other foreign flag rescels, but in

illustration of the enormous preponderance of Chinese

over all