the purchase of stamped tickets any. Vessels for opium carried in
to the Treaty Ports of Canton and
Swatow, and under a
an
penalty...
illegal
of confiscation imposes squeeze of sixteen Taels on
a
chest of opium
Such a
so carried.
of
the
construction
every
Proclamation however would, Lord Stanley thinks, be clearly inadmissible after the explanation furnished by the Vice Roy himself
to Mr Consul Robertson. The Vice Roy having stated that it
was intended to establish a
Central Station in the direction of
Hong Kong and Macao for
the
purpose of levying the Lekin, to describe the parties proceeds to describe the who will be required to proceed to the Central Station, namely, all traders from various parts of the province of Kwantung.
The above-mentioned despatch of Vice Roy
was communicated to
Her Majesty's Minister at Peking. and his despatch of May 9,
which was
forwarded to the
Governor of Hong Kong, expressed
the view that "it was neither
just
nor
expedient to take any
steps to prevent the Vice Roy within the limits of
his own jurisdiction