in which

In Wade

"there is extraordinary simplicity

to look

of the Keys

the magnificent warehouses

of Merchant Princes

"for any serious falling off

there - to open and shut them

" in the Sunk haste of Hong Kong"

to levy any duties which they

12. What Mr Wade proposes therefore is

nothing less than to

the Chinese Government

or fast grip and control-

evidently the whole commerce

of Hong Kong to hold

may impact under the

name of Likin

or otherwise on cargoes shipped by Native

merchants in

Hong Kong Harbour.

13. The mere fact

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