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MAY 17th, 1900.
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17.
Sir:-
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of
Sir E. Satow's Note of March 17th last on the subject
of the export duty imposed in Formosa on Oolong and
Powching teas.
Her Majesty's Government are, it appears, of the
opinion that the imposition of export duty on tea
exported from Formosa and no such imposition on tea
exported from Kobe is at variance with Article VI of
Duty
the Treaty between Japan and Great Britain.
is, however, levied on tea exported from Formosa
whether its destination is Great Britain or the United
States and no duty is levied on any tea exported from
Kobe whether its destination is Great Britain or the
United States and in short tea cxported from any port
whatsoever
P. Whitehead, Esq.,
&C.,
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