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with the new of the people
а
although considerable
matter of
moment is.
dary importance.
of secondary
only of Dunning
were
Mikin
last year given
Kerosene
increasing
orders
- a heavy
that a
should be paid
on
with the idea of
and
the price restricting the trade; but the American Minister went to
the Toung li yamên
a
noise
that a
y
made with the result
letter was received
the Gamen calling
from the
for particulars
on
the
subject, to which, it will
be found, in May
a reply.
last.
was sent
By
By
Treaty foreign
merchants are not allowed
to trade in salt petre &
munitions of war,
Other
in
are
rice &
grain,
which
connected with the
or
food supply of the people.
These
are
Chinese
in
goods as yet Treaty o stipulations prohibit foreign morchants from tracking them. With regard foreign goods, therefore,
which
are
to
highly dangerous
to the people, a country
which
is on
such a
friendly
footing should not, for the rake of gain, do anything that would prove injusions.
h.