to adopt. I can
in addition, a
fair
only add that, if, and strict, but
honest collection of duties were to be levied at all Chinese Ports, it
would be a source
of gratification
to the respectable portion of Community here whether Native
or
Foreign.
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11. I do not, however, the less protest against any argument which claims the sacrifice of our self-respect and interest by admitting Foreign Officers to levy taxes here
on British Soil by way of an
atonement
for
the supposed detriment
inflicted on the Chinese Revenue by
the
operations of smugglers from here.
12. Secondly, I protest against
the tone of the correspondence founded
on the assumption of
loss and
enormous
inconvenience to the Chinese
Revenue, because I traverse distinctly the monstrous exaggerations
on this