The Article 287 British Correlate Amoy. Jan 29.1887. RECO 4854 ARECE(11 MAR 87)
news that the Additional Article of the Chefoo Convention whereby all Opium imported at the Treaty Ports must pay the Likin duty of Taels 30 is in addition to the Import duty comes into force on February 1 has reached you. Until this news came into Amoy there was no doubt that the Likin duty was $173 per chest, and the managers of the Foreign Firms knew that their "Under Kiritory offlate establishment