Hongkong, Apr. 23.
Atter a lapse of several years, the Possibility of establishing" Chinese customs stations in Hongkong has been again revived by the Nanking authorities in view of the extensive smuggling from the Colony to places on the mainland, It is reported that the Ministry of Finance in Nanking will send high customs official to Hongkong to negotiate with the British authorities with regard to the establishment Of customs stations here. According to the vernacular press, the Hongkong authorities have not raised any objection to this measure.
If Chinese customs stations were] established here, all goods consigned to the interior of Kuangtung via this port would be subject to customs duty here. As a rule all goods shipped from abroad for places in Kuangtung are first unloaded here, as the ocean going liners cannot -be accommodated in. the Chinese river ports. It would seem that such goods would be liable to custom clu les as soon as they are unloaded from the steamers.
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