Regulation for the registering
of all
native vessels and
delivering to them papers
written in Chinese
and a European
language
are to be issued by the proper
authorities, to prove their
case of doubt
as to identity in co...
and to
fix responsibility
on their owners.
With this opinion I
entirely concur and
having
been in communication
with my colleagues, the
Representatives
of the
Treaty Powers, resident
at
Peking I know it is
also their opinion; this
they
will
no doubt severally
make known to your
Highness.
A Chinese law already
exists, I
am informed,
prohibiting the carrying of
heavy
or any but a limited number of
arms of any kind for self
defence, and also
requiring
all
trading
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