the authorities at Canton in
according preferential treatment
in
regard
to duties to goods
carried in junks between Canton
and Thongkong.
I am directed by this = Lordship to transmit to you for
the information of the Marquess
of Ripon.
a
copy of a
Note on
this subject which was addressed
by Her Majesty's Minister at
Pekin to the Tsungli Gamen on
the
the 14th of August 1893.
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I am to suggest that this
Note should be communicated
confidentially to the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce, and that
the Chamber should be informed
that the matter will not be
lost sight of.
A copy of your letter,
and its enclosures, will be i
forwarded to Mr O'Conor.
Jam, Sir,
your most obedient, humble servant,
Zarris Den
PA