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by Your Grace that Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affinis has
"approved" of that letter as published
by Sir Rutherford Alcect renders it
very important to put
on a more
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fintelligible fecting the full meaning of the 47= Section of the Treaty of Tientsin,
47th
under which repels resorting to non Treaty Ports become liable to confiscation.
15. I have already
drawn attention to
this subject
subject in my transmitting a Memorial hence, relative
Liespatch No 392, Vide Govenor to
to revision of the Treaty, and, as I cannot think it desirable that Sir Mutherford's
prejection should be definitely confirmed Jaf the only evidence generally
in the cases
attainable
where the presence of
Beer of State No 392.
of Bections 31 32.
a mull
suspicious
to
a mon.
seems to
Pratical
craft
render a visit
Treaty Part excusable, the subject
me more
important
than
ever.
as
worthless
6. Sir Rutherford treats
wn the evidence of the Master and hew of
a
account his reasons for for di kenis ext
e
vesel taking shelter hom Prakes. As
the latter could not always be captured
in fat and produced, it is clear that no other
waters.
evidence than that of persons on board of the vessel entering a non. Treaty Port
be procurable.
would in most cases
7. Mr. Puncepte, Attorney General of
Haangthong, would be
is now in
glad, if
England, and I
means could be
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afforded him to discuss with, and o ascertain definitively before his return the views of, Her Majesty's legal
advisers