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three ways.
If going by a Foreign vessel to a Free port, to be accompanied by a Certificate of quantity and to pay duty on arrival at the Port.
Second if going by native boats (I do not mean by China Merchants Steamers;) to pay duty & lekin before leaving the hulk.
Next if going by Steamer to Macao or if landed either for local consumption or for America, Australia &c. [Mr Russell - for Countries other than China?] Yes.
to pay lekin & duty before leaving the hulk. Now this in a few words comprises in a general way the general meaning of the word Co-operation and the clause is subject to such modifications as are to be introduced.
Such are the propositions put forward by the Chinese Government without offering any equivalent, & without our having succeeded in getting anything, shewing - For Mr. Brenan's satisfaction at all events I believe that they were not such as we could accede to & I think that Sir Robert Hart, and Shao Tao Jai, also saw that we could not do anything to help them by imposing duty on opium shipped from Macao - as it could easily be supplied from other quarters, call there before coming here, or land what was wanted into tugs sent out to meet them.
Indeed the opium ships would... On discussion the Chinese Commissioners modified one of their proposals so far that they were willing to allow the Colony a refund of the duties that had been paid before landing on such amount as could be shown to have been used in the Colony or exported to Countries