General for the better protection of the The reported proposals of the Inspector-Chinese Customs revenue, coming on the top of the stipulation in the Kowloon Extension Convention, reserving Kowloon City asa Chinese centre within the Colony, have stirred up a deep feeling of opposition in Hongkong to the Customs being allowed to collect revenue or hold stations within British territory or waters. The Chamber of Commerce and the China Association are both moving in the matter, and the former publishes in the local Press its correspondence on the subject with the Hongkon; Government, Lord Salisbury, and the British Minister at Peking. The text of the proposals is not known here, though probably it in the possession of the Goverament, but some of the leading demands have leaked out, and if conceded these alone would amply suffice to deprive the port of its long-boasted freedom.
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