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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