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FOREIGN RELATIONS, 19 3 4, VOLUME III


nent as it describes the method by which pilotage dues and questions
have been determined in China);
  4. The Sino-French Treaties of 1844,87 Article 11, and of 1858,8
Article 15;
  5. The Boxer Protocol of 1901, Annex 17, Articles 1, 4 and 22;
  6. The Whangpoo Conservancy Agreement of 1905, Article 1.
(Although the Whangpoo Conservancy Agreement of 1912 does not
make specific mention of the appointment and supervision of pilots,
it would appear that the provisions of the Boxer Protocol and the
Whangpoo Conservancy Agreement of 1905 were continued and are
still in effect.)
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893.825/20: Telegram
    The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

                              PEIPING, November 25, 1931-9 p. m.
                            [Received November 25-4: 53 p. M.89]
  1006. Department's 403, November 2, noon. Following from Amer-
ican Consul General at Shanghai.
  &quot;[1.] November 24, 2 p. m. Referring to the Legation's telegram
November 3, 5 p. m., regarding pilotage. The special report of
investigation into the conditions of the Shanghai pilotage service has
been completed and was delivered to the Pilotage Board on October
23rd. To give an opportunity to study the report the meeting was
adjourned until November 10th. Upon reassembling, instead of con-
sidering the report, a new proposal emanating from the pilots was
made which received the endorsement of the shipping committee, the
harbor master and the pilots. In substance the proposal was that the
existing tariff should continue arrangement for the compulsory pilot-
age between Woosung and Shanghai of all vessels of 450 feet. The
consular body's representative stated that he was not authorized to
approve this new proposal. The Pilotage Board being unable to reach
a unanimous decision the question is to be referred to the pilotage
authority on December 1.
  2. The shipping committee of the local Chamber of Commerce
which considered compulsory pilotage decided by a majority vote
to support the pilots' request.
  The Dollar Steamship Company which paid slightly over 10 per-
cent of the total pilotage fees for the year ending June 30, 1931 was
not at this meeting. This American company realizes that compulsory
pilotage and also the complete taking over of the pilotage by the
Customs are only a matter of time, but it desires to defer them as
long as possible.
  3. To introduce compulsory pilotage will require, in my opinion,
amendment of the harbor regulations which cannot become a fait

  87 British and Foreign State Papers, vol. XXXIV, p. 1298.
  &quot; Ibid., vol. LI, p. 636.
  8 Telegram in three sections.


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