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be laid down
for the Minister and
to
bonouls, I could scarcely be surprised be
beam some do
day that a froh proclamation.
had improved
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export duty on piece
jeodo, accompanied by a similar
from
esc curse
the bonoul that he had waited
till the ipue of the proclamation to
apprise
me of the intention of the Chinese
Government.
14.
Independent of the exceptions which
I have taken to the
legality
and the
- unfriendly character of those proceedings
still
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object to the collateral results
therefrom. Aheady the
of the greater part of the Salt stish trade
in both of which
occupations a large
many
capital had been inveated and
large funt's employed.
18. The raids made by the armed pult
Uide former junts of the Chinese govemment into
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our own waters and into all the
neighboring waters and the levy of a salt
tax on all
on
junto found with salt. board whether of English or bhinese chove
effectually indisposed the chinese. The most timid of all races. hom pequenting
a place where they get po roughly handled
and so i
measures t
taken by
19.
the bhinese Goverment with reference to
the trade in Salt have caused
the
removal
Salt Lans
from the lealony of all the pail dams and
that a
inadequately protected. It is therefore highly probable.
mui network of Cruisers and
now
Customs Haouses imperdiet uitblished round this
is,
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