Fromide, Peking.
2:50
5.30 p.m. Ap. 5 1889
281
Your Tels no? 79 80 [Hongkong Extension "Customs arrangement]
so far
Col. Office urge that smuggling question,
as
concerns Chine, is
the man
represented by opium question. All previous
have invariably referred
Agreements
of
Opium, that is open that is spoken of in Sir R. Hart's letter of June 25- by Zamen in letter of May 29. Export of arms dealt with by proclamation
The
Can be
proposing
to collect opium revenue & carefully police Wared territory with a view to prevent
smuggling It.M. Govt.
are
doing their best
to fulfil pledges to Chinese Govt.
Inform Chinese Govt. that It. M. Govt. regret
agrees
to
any form of Chinese Customs jurisdiction
in the
Colony
they cannot
Extension.