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I have received a
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from M. Sinclair which announces I fear will prove the culmination of a long discussion that has been promising some trouble at Foochow: Two British Subjects of Chinese descent, provided with fortification from the Strait's Settlements in which they were born, have been for years in the British Consulate
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at Foochow, at which port they are established as merchants. The local authorities have persisted in treating them as if they were Chinese, and I have had to support more than once at the Yamên Sinclair's Remonstrances against their proceedings; in particular those of the district collectorate.
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a despatch dated Feb 30, Ed. Sinclair informs me that an application was made on behalf of one of the firms in question for permission...
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