12.
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at Gytam balony-
and Aberdeen te te in this
and whose evidence on
chinese
ground in the presence of blinese Officials
and
before the Singular tribunal of Mang evinces a sort of
cheung- toung
almost
flowery gratitude for the facilities Kindly
Afforded them by hunting them up
in
British Harbors so as to enable them to British-Harbors
pay with greater
were
ease
the dues
which they
dues which
Such shallow
only too eager to pay. humbug contrasts strongly with the maited indignation of those whom I had personally examined, and who seemed to see little but a pinatical squeeze a in this attempt to fill a bhinese Salt Commipioner's The asiny by excactions in
British waters.
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17.
On this the Comptroller finally observes that the Managers of the Salt Revenue ought in future to receive payment
for the sult at the time of its sale and thereupon if pure licenses discriminating between duty fiaid anst
as a means
of
Smuggled salt, and although payments
were
legitimately swing by the fishermen.
and there
was no
his conduct was
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forcible extation yet
highly improper in
of
trespaping within the territory of HongKony- Consequently in future on mathing sales of sult that the Comptioter
should receive
payment
in Cash and
not arbitrarily allow arrears to reccummulate,
I
despitch repels into town Mimitory
to collect the
duty
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