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live on
the merchandize that passes through the native customs; and his decks and tide waiters. would deliberately close their to extensive smuggling in
eyes
order to
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hippers to give their preference to pinks By themy as
indeed probably by the shopft himself, smugglers
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qu
conccdered leve detrimental. that the Foreign Custome, Con- -nivande with the first is possible, whereas the latter
- promising rivals.
art Auto out-
In its letter of the petsepts to the Secretary of State, the Stongkang Chamber
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of Comme
an
end to
eng geet plan which in its opinion would put the abuse complained of. The Chamber propools that all ca shipped from Canton whether by steamer
cargo
by junk, for
exportation
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exportation to foreign countries beyond Stongkang should pay duty at the Worcique Custom Stouse. This propional is neither practicable nor, is
it were
practicable, would it do away with the Chamber's complaint that junks
a^
favoured
af
the expence of foreign shipping.
The proposed remedy
a
it is
is
shipper at
impracticable because impossible for Cauton to
eay destination of
what the ultimate
his
Cargo
is t
C
Hong Kong and there
ships it to strug Kong
he sells it, what the enbeequent
purchaser
way
do with it is
concern of the original chiffer from Canton. But, further the proposed check, if it could be applied would not meet the
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Case.
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