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examination of vessels
under this Ordinance
will probably interfere with the improvement
of the post
the
establishment of a junk
trade.
In
viewing
these
objections, to an othencise apparently fit measure of taxation, they may
acquire additional
in
weight, when it is bome
in decollection that the
is onl
of Recent
Colony. formation, and can also
be regarded as a diplomatic and military position, protective of the British Trade with China and
therefore
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therefore without the
stringent Pules
Relating to bolonial. Paxation.
(Signed) Paul Morting.
May,
18466.
Love Copy /
Frederick W. A. Bruce