CO129-531-15 Chinese customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 9-7-1931 - 17-1-1932 — Page 59

example in England, by virtue of

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Section 1 of the Customs Act, 1890,

the dividing line is drawn at

vessels of 250 tons. In the case

of Hong Kong and the Treaty Ports

of China the type of vessel

in question would appear to be

that covered by Articles 8, 9,10

and 11 of the Agreement. It is

therefore proposed to amend the

the word "versel"

draft by inserting after if money

in line 4

达

venssl the words "falling within

"falling within

the categories described in

Articles 8, 9, 10 and 11 above."

3. A number of formal

amendments have also been made. The

explanations of the TUS jenotu t

of them are as follows

(1) As the Agreement imposes

obligations on the Goverments of

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China and Hong Kong it must take the

form