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Thatched House Club St James's St Lunden.
18th January 1881.
C. O.
Memo:
The Fries of the
15th inst gives of the HR 19 JAN 81
Q.
summary
of the provisions of the Treaties recently regotiated. between the lenited States Government
and the Chinese
Government and it is stated that the said treaties
may
be
natified
this week. In the one called
Um Commercial Treaty it appears to be arranged
cots that subje to of
taking opier
wto
China
are to be prevented prom
any of the United State, pods And that American Citizens shall not under any pretena take opium into Chine. The probability
therefore in that the import trade in apinen with the
any United States by persons of a ty rationality will be prohibited.
If the above arrangement is carried out- the Revenue of the Colony of Hongkong must materially suffer, for the present large seen of 205, 000 prraum pand to the Colonial Government for the box clusive privilege of boiling and preparing & piim in only ottand be cause the Farmers Export to San Francives and Australia large quantities foforumm so boiled on
proporci preponed.
Whi's kunder Leontory of Plate Col: office.
In Command paper China.
116 2/1880)