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to say
Mat I think it would be
prudent to do no more Co-Hong, and the whole delusive system, in any treaty of commerce, than to provide for its effectual extinction,
not by any stiff stipulation, but by tacit permission for the merchants
more about the
high
and Ships of the Country
is at the Shen
to trade with
Settlement. But in
truth, the Hong
merchants are little
better than brokers at present,
there is neither use nor
advantage
in harassing and irritating the Government upon a question that solves itself, without shock to existing
Claims.
The 2 points of Jou
1
Andship's Summary is,
"Liberty for British Subjects
to reside at certain Ports of China, with full protection to life & property. Observing that the Government
of China can be constrained to open the Ports by force, under the pressure
it is but
If face and fear, it is
entirely
unnecessary to say that the Imperial Edict, so obtained, affords
no
other
sufficient guarantee for required protection for British property; and I take the liberty to record my opinion that a Treaty which
British merchants & ships Consigned
to the Porte of Amoy, Ningpo,
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