4.
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5.
the services
my high appreciation of the
of the Acting Attorney General and
others in helping forward the bill
the
and preparing machinery for putting
or
tro
ecessary
it in
Peking Authorities,
I trust this Ordinance
will satisfactorily dispose of a very
delicate question — that it will
strengthen the hands of the Seung Imperial le Yamon in collecting
force
li
the
been
the 1st June, which has been
very
easy
matter considering
limited time at our disposal. The representative
of the Chinese Customs (Mr Morgan) has also
much facilitated
and was
every
endeavour
kept well informed of
steps taken in order to depr
preserve constant touch with the
and cement those friendly
relations between ourselves and
China which best tend to promote
the mercantile interests of the Colony,
hitherto
and remove
the
stigma
attaching to us of being a depôt for smuggling against a friendly neighbour.
Peking
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