N. 140, of 1845.
Inclosure No. 1 in Desp:
072
DEC 25
1046
KERSTØ 6 8251
Auditor's Memorandum
254
Mr Consul Lay's Letter of 1th September 1845- No 64.
It would be desirable to prevent the great loss of Revenue / at a guess perhaps £3,000
a
6 Office
a year clear) which the Rest suffers, and the great inconvenience which the public have to submit to from of efficient Best Office arrangements in China; but there appears some difficulty
in
a
the want
in framing a local Ordinance to meet the evils complained of in Mr Lay's Letter without infringing the Merchant: kaman's Act, and the freedom of this Pert
The system complained of by
Mr. Lay has been pursued in China for
many years. and as
long.
as the number.
to a very
of mercantile houses was limited to a
of the Port Office Regulations
complaining of dvasion
From Mr Consul Lay,
by
Opium vessels.
the Masters of the
1.4 Leptember, 1845.