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purposes generally attributed to European Consulate.
1
His Ex'ty's foot, however, considers it an
duty to prevent the Chinese Auth's
imprescriptible
from obstructing, by practices hardly legal, the
Commerce
messung
of the Colony, & from continually
interests
of
various grades and
Kinds which the Portuguese Govt is bound
interests alike, and the views and
His Ex'ty Govt &
principles maintained
by
that
the Queen identical in regard to their
relations with China, His Ex'ty's foot
considers
to the
arrangement wate
that it would be highly advantageous two countices if
am
made between the two Govts for
simultaneous action toward the Chinese
ho
protect. For this
purpose
se this Ex'ty's foot has
resolved not to allow the Chinese Govt
Svat
in order to obtaris
a
definitive
A
whatever ground it claim
may
be based
to establish wore
fiscal
or custom house
stations than there are at present, the
situation
which is definitively fixed
outside the territorial Waters. As in this
Macas
Case
Когда
the English colony of Hong
are in similar circumstances, their
interests
settlement of the conditions
apore
which
bencforward the chimers Auth? should be allowed to perform their fiscal
operations in the vicinity of the hos
colonies
.cy.
9's profound sagacity will
certainly mathe
fir.
aware
of th
special interest which His Ex'ty's fort
would