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Greaty
ivao
abrogated
in 1858 when
the main part of its provisions were
this. Treaty of
incorporated in this
Dienkin. Ito provisions regarding junk. hade of Hong Kong
Do incorporated.
were
No allusion.
the
not
lo
this hade will be formed either in
the Treaty,
Reason
or
as
well
a
I
remember,
in the published correspondence of Lord Elgin. But I believe for one only; vis, that the Climese Government had shewn itself utterly indifferent about the trade.
It I think, the 1867, when it first
Continued so until,
Year
1866
discovered
or
Rome/
itself the revenne
exports
deare
ow
lo
secure
imports and
carried by junks to
from the Colony; that on
and
Grium
being
being eminently and avowedly the chief object-
of its efforts
I observed
Yesterday when addressing the
Meeting that at the time of Lord Elgin's Mission
when the legalisation of Opuum
was under
discussion, a distinguished member of a leading. firm then largely interested in the Opium hade!
had
suggested to me the exfredumcy of introducing some system under which the duty might be collected at or near
on
opuem Hongkong. Ho
mentioned in fact the Foreign Customs Inspectorate
then on it's trial at the single port of Shangliai.
J
possible to secure to the Chinese Government
am persuaded that had it been then
the opeum revenue loss of which has lect to what is popularly known as the Blockade,
the Colony would have been spared the i
annorjance which the alternative adopted by the Clincse Government has occasioned it