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nature,

are s

are when communications

made by

by the European officers of the Chinese Customs' Department to British subjects here regarding alleged infringements of the Chinese Customs Regulations. Mr. Alabaster is of opinion that no such

complaints should be made

direct to

any

British subject

in Hongkong, but that

whenever it is considered

that

any

one in this Colony

has been guilty of any

infringement

of the Customs'

laws of China, complaint

should be addressed either to the Consul at Canton

or

to the proper authorities in China, who would bring

the same to the Consul's notice, so that he might communicate with this Government on the subject.

A third case about

...

which I have had correspondence

with the Consul is the

following:-

Not

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