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of an importation of 80,000 Chests not
more
from
than bosc, three fourths of which are Marus, escape paying the regular tariff and other duties of the Chinese Government, to that the real loss sustained by the bhinese
Government of mere Tariff duty at 30 Jails
per
chest instead of being
Million
ome
of
27.
Juels is considerably lep than 200,000 Juels. As however the Chinese Government and it's official employes have hitherto shewn protection of it's Revenue, except at the Treaty Ports, the utmost apathy alternating with occasional rapacity
and extortion
the part of its minor sevents, it seems to
mme
that puch a Govemment should
congratulate itself on only loving a sum for lep than that which it would have been
obliged to exper a on
maintaining
amu
adequate preventive service.
28.
that however is a point unconnected
with the mam
question
now
submitted to
Your Grace. which question involves no life than the legality of the whole system devised by the Vice May and approved by
Her Majesty's Minister in China, and Inally the propriety of the course
pursued
at
by the latter and ober Majestijo bonsul ut banton towards this Government
ment in
studiously keeping from my knowledge
moment to the
matters of essential interests of this leatony.
29.
The first question
--
generat
can be better CH
resolved by English Lawyers than by any
ome
here,
as mo
bhinese
experience or learning