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Chinese Cuthurities to establish bustoms
Stations
o
their own
prevent frauds
13
and to
territory on then Revenue by "the
illicit landing of goods 5. It is
impopible huth
evident a
ar
com
their Coast."
not to concede so
to deny the right of
the Chinese to stop fraudo
by
on their trevenue
means which do not violate the
by any Theaties in farce,
ry means
measures
and I
within the limit
cheaty.
Yo
it look's as
me this appears so plain that
though Sir Rutherford had not understood the whole extent of the scheme
which he so emphatically approved.
question is sinely not a very
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7.
The
difficult
one there
are
only
three Treaties
in force between this Government and
China which
cam
affect the subject. these are the reaty of Nanking 1842 the treaty of Sicutsin of 1835 ratified in Orteles 1860, and the Convention of Peking 1860.
may
add that
of Treaty
rights to prevent fraudo, whether in the
8.
For all
other
goods, would
be true in
the
measumeD
Case of Opium or any
be equally justifiuble.
b. All this however may
the abstract and
neverthelep
ucturally crafted by the Chinese Authorities
may be wholly indefensible
and
against
purposes affecting the questions
under consideration the Treaty of Tientsin
with the Juriff
and Rules
OLO
may be regarded on the subject to which the legality
the
annexed there to
only "Scripta lex"
and the sole Treaty standard
and
propriety of the