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the neighbouring Customs stations, it would increase four-fold
tron years
17.
My
in
Accordingly, I directed attention to endeavouring to
discover a sucaus
by which this legitimate trave might be rendered
WA
3
is gree
as
the trade in Foreign
bottoms, whilst not depriving the
chinese government of their just
and Lawful
revenne
Salt,
Munitions of War and Opium.
Salt,
you
will
18.
As regards see that I brought to the notice of the Executive Council on the 15th and 19th of August, 1078, the fact
that the rules framed under Her
Majesty's Treaty with the Emperon
of
China declare Sult to be Contraband and prohibit its import into China; and that the buscutive Council
paped a resolution unanimously
Concurring in
my
views that the
import of balt from Hongkong
to China should be stopped, and that I should ask for your
by
authority to do this, either bey applying the existing Law or be- greak legislation -
19.
I awaited the arrival.
of Sir Phomas Wade before dealing
with this resolution
q
the Executive