CO129-585-5 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping on Pearl River 3-1-1940 - 25-8-1940 — Page 33

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will be discharged direct into lighters which will be under the control of the Customs. No such lighters may riove without Custors' permissi on and will take the cargo to the Cueto examination shed there to be stored until compliance with Customs formalities is complete.

és regards (a) in this article (4), no such

cargo in godo'ns will be released without the

usual Customs release discharge.

5.

It is agreed that there shall be no

interference with the lighterage, and more

particularly with the stevedorage and coolie

labour of any cargoes in or out of British

ships or on British property. There will1

be no objection to the use of any lighter

by British marchants or shi:ping companies

for the loading or cimaharge of margues under this Supplementary agreemont, provided

the owners of the lighters are associated

with the Centon Stevedore & Godown Association.

The use of wireless on board vessels

6.

on passage between Hongkong and Canton in

Chinese territorial waters will be prohibited.

A warning to passengers against the use of

cameras will be publicly and prominently ex-

hibited on the ship.

his Supplementary Hemrdandwa is

also subject to the assumɔtion that this is

only the first of the various stages towards

the full reopening of the Pearl kiver which

have been mentioned at various times by the

res onsible Japanese authorities (e.g. 1.

carriage of import and export cargo by present vesnelm; 2. increase in number of sailings

carrying cargo and passengers which would be

on a footing of equality between British and

Japanese vessels; 3. rebpening of Junk