893.51/5326: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 10—1:34 p.m.]
560. Legation’s 551, July 8, 11 a.m. Following from American Consul General at Shanghai:
“July 8, 5 p.m. The steamship Golden Horn of the States Steamship Company paid tonnage dues and received certificate of payment at Tientsin on June 30th. Upon entering at Shanghai the customs demanded a new payment. This office made representation to the Commissioner of Customs that the payment having been made at Tientsin the vessel was entitled to the use of the ports without other tonnage dues for a period of four months. Upon the receipt of a letter from this Consulate General claiming exemption from further payment of tonnage dues, they issued a new certificate without additional payment taking up the one issued at Tientsin. This is a valuable precedent which may be useful at other ports.”