but hope to examine it carefully when time permits

31 A comparative table of duties payable

on various commodities

according to the Board of Revenue Tariff - the manuscript digest and the Fenton Treaty Tariff makes Enclosure 2o. 16 - This table shews

at a glance the perfect agreement except in the case of sugars between

the rates

5 given by the authorized version and the private one and the comparison is in favour of the manuscript. the amounts larger than in the Official tariff

and corresponding

with what

being

by Brooke Robertson

To save as the

442

correct tax. This table also demonstrates the complete

want of identity between the Tientsin Treaty Tariff, and the native one.

32.

in

"Chinese Regulations in force

at the Custom house near Macao

1817 are forwarded in duplicate W:17.

This document is so full of detail, that I must merely refer to it here, as it will require careful perusal - I have endeavoured however to render

it as clear as possible by inserting

a short marginal title beside each section, and appending

A

résumé

of all the points - This I think will be considered an important

document - The Copy of it was brought to me from Macao by West coast trader. I beg the Governor's particular attention

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