CO129-558-11 Mission of Sir F. Leith-Ross to China- proposals for a Hong Kong - China customs... 29-9-1936 - 30-12-1936 — Page 81

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Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

Sir C. Parkinson.

Sir G. Tomlinson.

Sir C. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

DRAFT.

FURTHER ACTION.

It was agreed that these points might be

left over for discussion later. In

Hong Kong it was decided that the draft

of an agreement elaborated between

1910 and 1918 and agreed upon but never

ratified (the "Harris" draft) would form

a suitable basis of discussion. The

points may be summarized as follows:-

On the one side, Hong Kong would be

prepared to agree to

(1)

enlargement of the Chinese

Maritime Customs staff to

co-operate with the Colonial

Administration and to share

in the control of the movement

of goods at the Kowloon

terminus of the Kowloon-Canton

railway and of the junk

anchorage in Colonial waters;

(2) joint control of the salt

(3)

exports in order to check the

smuggling of salt into China;

co-operation in the preparation

of reliable trade statistics;

(4) joint control of explosives,

munitions, live stock and

other cargoes.

China