Yo is
is Grace The Secretary of state respecting the Proclamation of 20th
His
Kibrary lust : and that I is Excellency
tras
mise
therefore according to pro given re-consideration to the Antide
Sulthetre as
affected by this Proclamation:-
His Excellency's decision being, that
the 5th clause of the othe Rule
of
the
Tariff annexed to the Treaty of
Tientsin relieves him further difficulty
from
alt
in the matter,
and instructions will therefore to
any person who shall
issued, that
produce to the Harbour Master
the
necessary Requisition of the Chinese Government" for the import of Saltpetre, shall be allowed to export from
A)
this Colony the said article in
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quantity specified in the said --
requisition
The contents of your
letter
under acknowledgment -
have been communicated to the
parties interested, and they desire respectfully to submit to His Excellency that the Proclamation
of February 20th
being the only bar to the unlimited import and
export of saltpetre in this, a free port, they had hoped for a
irr
a decision.
their application for a partial
relaxation of its provisions, based on
the reasonableness.
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application, and on
otherwise of such the power of