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are the Chinese in the evasion
of duties that they
ever
constantly
baffle
the
professional searchers
attached to the boats, particularly
with a commodity so easily
handled as
Opium. In the
particular case
of smuggling
which has given rise to this
correspondence it should be
especially
particularly noted the seizure
was made through the assistance of the Master of the Steamer.
The position of indifference
assumed by Her Britannic Majesty's Minister in Peking
towards those over whose interests
he is supposed to watch is a point which this Chamber considers
ought not to be passed
over in
silence.