File No. 551/57–58.
Minister Rockhill
to the Secretary of State.
American Legation,
Peking,June 25,
1907.
No. 651.]
Sir: With further reference to the
subject-matter of my telegram to the department of the 19th instant’,
already confirmed, I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy in
translation of a note from the Waiwu Pu, received on that date, stating
that the provisional regulations agreed upon by the Japanese minister at
Peking and the inspector-general of imperial maritime customs, copies of
which were transmitted to the department in my dispatch No. 527 of the
5th instant, will go into effect provisionally at Dalny (Tairen) on July
1, 1907, on which date a customs-house will be opened at that place.
Your attention is also invited to the fact that customs-houses will be
opened on the same date at Antung Hsien and at Tatungkou, the latter to
be a branch of the Antung customs.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
The Prince of Ch’ing
to Minister Rockhill.
Foreign Office,
Peking,June 18,
1907.
No. 289.]
Your Excellency: According to Article V of
the contract between China and Russia for the building of the South
Manchurian Railway it is stipulated that the Chinese Government may
establish a customs-house at Dalny, etc. With regard to this
provision my board has communicated with the general superintendency
of customs, directing that instructions be given to the
inspector-general of customs to consult with His Excellency Mr.
Hayashi, the Japanese minister, concerning the opening of
customs-houses. In repsonse to this communication we have now
received through the general superintendency of customs a copy of
the arrangement agreed upon by the inspector-general and the
Japanese minister.
We have carefully gone over this plan, and we have decided that the
regulations agreed upon shall be tried provisionally at Dalny
(Tairen), and that a customs-house will be opened there on July 1 of
this year.
In addition to this, customs-houses will also be opened on the same
day at Antung Hsien and at Tatungkou. The former will be known as
the Antung customs, and the one at Tatungkou will be a branch of the
one at Antung, as explained in my note to you dated September 5,
1906.
The general superintendent of customs has been directed to instruct
the inspector-general to act in accordance with the above, but in
addition it becomes my duty to send this note to your excellency for
your information.
[Seal of Waiwu Pu.]
