the Commissione - The Oluram was sent to 7.0-
зверат
Yesterday-
It is necessary to consider this Graper.
The Chinese have established there Customs
Stations within sight offtong Kong, & employ steam
Hongxing, Caunches and other small craft, besicles qunbaute come
mancia y Europeans, to overhaul junks entering beaing the harbais - The establishment of these stations is of comparativly reent date & was naturally distasteful & the Colony: but it is admittul that the Chinese have worry
Amway teriting.
night to collect their customs at these
Dr.
Fron
other stations
ken
& to place them on any part of ther
without going into the voluminous papers it may Sufficient day that in 1874.5.6 constant complaints
& won Inferred from the Colony of the Moch in which the Cruciges, especially the malle class - Worried. The Track of the colony by Thein Exactions & Extestimate levies upon legitimate trades - whom that
squeezed as fruly
against smugglers whom they profiles to be directed..
Sir Thomas trade admiti
Meno
Dus
G
(6.21
ht
· of Feb. 28. 2001. "the dues on Inties demanche of the junks are certain the in excess of what is justs; at leash of his measure of whate " is just" or That (p.3) "The Establishments (custions) women " not be Chinese if it did not act oppressively in the "Collection of reoruna" _ In his memo. of rov:30- 20.441 fr.8.1he
8. The days - As to Chinese Inorheen brought in "Jinks & Stony Kay I confess that I do not see " way to any arrangements that will decure its "Against
The levy of dues, which according to our " ideas & practice, must be esteemed arbitrary
stachions
"
my
The Colonial Grievance is therefore undoubtedl : I
it is only newssary to add that no
162
Fariff Whines
goose
reason
Intries is obtainable, & that there is to belies that the Customs Stations to in their
livres heat Hipking as a Nach of thin son Jnovinar an extat at least the duties which where to pangable of
ar ball as
it wen still Chineas territory: and the duties lecith as good expertul farm or importul from a freiger Zint-
The
Officials Justably steal a large share of whiten is paid by the tradus- & the Infernal Revenue
is as much on
sufferen
D
Ha
unfortunate traden – The question is whether this is remediable in Anyway-
It was agrend in the Che for convention that the subjech should be referred to a (memissions to be composue of
a British Consular Officer,
and a Chinese Offien:
Q. A
譬
a Colmine his
wayn
ffien, home Sin Thomas Wade discrpne the subjul with Governm Sir Arthur Kennedy, & die Brooke Robation H. M. Consul at Canton. The result cons Embried in the documents of pr. 5.26_ Encl. 22
Modment
3 to no. 2 : The main proposition & That Than Three Chinese Customs stations should or converted into one
one queine station under the control of an
or that they do bright and such candid;
Englishmand a similar to the Freiger Inspectuat unde
whose supervision the duties on foreign goos
an colluted
at the heaty Juli- Lnd Carnarvon apprend of This Jusproue subject to some question of detail (vee this letter of April
25 (20.2)-
Since that time we have received two
despatches from Md. Henessy (12745) in which