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Chinese produse for delivery in Strugkong will accept a lower price if allowed to ship by junk,
if the river steamen will. take the merchandize free of freight, is clear proof that in sonce shape
e reu
or other
a rebate is made
me
in
favour of rohandige passing through the native customs, but
impossible to obtain
it eenvo
specific proof in
any portionlar case; and if it could be obtained
it would) serve!
good peerpore.
A
In the improbable case of a Chuise merch aut being willing to accent that he had been
allowed to pace tix at half. tariff duty; or
that he had been allowed to pass 100 picuts as 30; or that with 100 piculs of tea, duty paid, he had been allowed to pass so much other cargo -duty free, what would be
The Stoppo would no more than
now admit that euch evasion
he would recue
was
^ rule!
his subordinates and the Chinese merchant for having conefired to defraud
the revoured,
and
the
Chiese merchant who had supplied us with the specific proof would certainly suffer, but future chippers would contrine
to accept the better terms offered by the native Customs, and would not again be guilty of treachery towards their fellow conspirators.
same level as
It should be remembered that in the improbable event of the stappo being willing to raise his tariff to the same the Treaty tariff and thereby sacrifice part of his revenue, which to him means personal emolument, his staff would still
gamed? The
oppose him. The
ey,
one and all,
tive
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