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of them as there is of opium.
The stipulations of the
Treaty with the United States
and the
Tariff
annexed thereto,
tend to corroborate this view of
the
matter.
By the 8th article (page 87) it
is agreed
"That at each of the Five ports, Citizens of the United States lawfully engaged in
"Commerce shall be permitted
"to import for their own
"consumption, or for sale at
"any other Ports, into China,
"and sell there, and purchase
"therein, and export to their own,
"or any
"other ports, all
"articles of Merchandize, of which
"the Importation, or Exportation is not
"prohibited by this Treaty
"paying the duties thereon which are
"herein before established and no
"other charges whatsoever," and in the Tariff (page 87)
in regards
to unenumerated articles,
it is mentioned that all
articles which it has not been
practicable to enumerate therein
are to be charged
specifically
with a Duty of 5 per cent, ad valorem.
The Treaty with France,
(Page 104b) and the Tariff annexed thereto (Page 133) are very nearly to the same
effect.
I have only further to observe that the VIIIth article of the supplementary Treaty with Great Britain (Page 27) stipulates
that every privileges conceded by China to other nations shall be enjoyed by British Subjects.