N° 15. The Comt appear to misunderstand the term Troppo. They appear to use the term as equivalent to Superint of Customs, & as far ast know
Superin. of
there is
one
only Customs to each maritime province. However that is not of much importance but as question rivisect by the Comm
can
regards the
I never heard
only say that the troppo of Canton dist lery export duties on goods which had come from parts of Chine not in his purisdiction, unless They
were without receipts & clearances as in the case The two pinks above mentioned
cz & that was & believe in the form
am of a fine.
of
N: 16 from a Colonial point view the conveyance of goods into or out of Honghong may not be smuggling: from a
Chinese
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Chinese one it is where the goods in question have not paid duties at their place of shipment, er are contraband for importation into China .. No one questions the freedom of the port of thonghong or the right attached to that condition of things, to act in defiance of the Proclamation within Colonial Jurisdiction, but, if the Com?: mean to infer that by boarding & sometimes seizing in Chinese waters junks owned by Chinese, the Chinese Authorities dio do, they place
a construction upon their acts which it is difficult to substantiate, unless it I be shown that the Imp?
of
The
gout views with jealous expansion of the Fradre of Stongthong as is frequently alleged & is doing its best to destroy it. Such an
assertion however is not worth
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a moment's consideration for the revenue derived from foreign trace nearly twelve millions of
Zaels