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February last in my despatch M355,-
was
therein enabled to report
that the Nice Roy had issued a Proclamation announcing the withdrawal of the Proclamation by the Superintendent of Customs at Canton of his obnoxious Proclamation of November last, and I now have the
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pleasure of transmitting Copy of a letter from Consul Robertson (22nd March) stating that the Customs Authorities, without prejudice to the abstract rights of the Chinese Government involved, were prepared to return a
ma
fine
strong
of $2,400 inflicted Licensed passage boat for
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infringement of a Proclamation never circulated for general information
I'm regard
to the more
irregular and numerous class
of depredations committed on Traders from this Port- although
they
were unquestionably proved beyond dispute to have been committed by
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100 vessels flying the Chinese Ensign
Flag, and otherwise assuming the character of Cruisers, these acts have all been repudiated by the regularly constituted Authorities, as I foresaw would be the case whenever they resolutely forced on the attention of the Vice Roy.
were