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due notice having been given at Cheung Chan nothing here had to be paid is said at Canton. There is also attached a copy of an account by the ship owner against a consignee here (evidence of Haman in Enclosure 10)- of cargo bringer Chan to Jung. These Bills shew that sugar sent to Hongkong from Haman, one of the lower ports, and reported at Canton where the duty is paid is not required to pay "liks" but pays "foreign tariff duty". It is only fair to observe that Mr Brooke Robertson reports that the Hoppo said he forewent his "surchs" in case of the imports to Hongkong. But it must likewise be observed that the witness who produced these receipts stated that the same cargo only paid $6 per picul at Canton, and that it was only in March last that he arranged to pay $7.2.
That sugar shipped to Hongkong in Chinese vessels. Haman shippers having had their ships entering Hongkong seized and having been fined last year to the extent of $500,000 and $600,000. This rather militates against the general proposition advanced by the Hoi Kwan through Mr Brooke Robertson - viz:- "that by the regulations any produce exporting from
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due notice having been given at Cheung Chan nothing here had to be paid is said at Canton. There is also attached a copy of an account by the ship owner against a consignee here (evidence of Haman in Enclosure 10)- of cargo bringer Chan to Jung. These Bills shew that sugar sent to Hongkong from Haman, one of the lower ports, and reported at Canton where the duty is paid is not required to pay "liks" but pays "foreign tariff duty". It is only fair to observe that Mr Brooke Robertson reports that the Hoppo said he forewent his "surchs" in case of the imports to Hongkong. But it must likewise be observed that the witness who produced these receipts stated that the same cargo only paid $6 per picul at Canton, and that it was only in March last that he arranged to pay $7.2.
That sugar shipped to Hongkong in Chinese vessels. Haman shippers having had their ships entering Hongkong seized and having been fined last year to the extent of $500,000 and $600,000. This rather militates against the general proposition advanced by the Hoi Kwan through Mr Brooke Robertson - viz:- "that by the regulations any produce exporting from
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