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cable tnough scarcely more so.
I think we must leave the local people a fairly fee
future
hand in attempting to cope with their/defloit.
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as natural to turn to spirits
as
in the
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and a licence duty, which no yields about a garter î
a million dollars, was obviously not capable of
great expansion. It is unfortunate that H.A. has to
Cease to be a free port.
The Austro-Eungarian Embassy has been pressing for
information about this new taxation, and yesterday
the Secretary to the Embassy was sent on from the F.0
to me. 1 explain the situation generally. Be
seened rather perturbed about F.1. ceasing to be a fres
port, and asked if we were not prevented from making
Coruge by engagements with China
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I said we
weren't.
thought a simple negative best - I have never heard
of any such engagement.
He also deprecated the immediate
isposition of the duty. I told him it was the general
and soonary practice both in this country and the
:: what, are any of Mr
Colonies, explaining way. Ho gald
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Mr. Lloyd Gorge's Laxes in force
an I produced
some small dividends on
wh boh.
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of
tax has been deducte at 1/1 in
Cntour invidial infosition is abocataly
Lécéway.
I saculd imaging that torre are considerable facilities
for evading new taxation tr Austria Burgary.
He also enquired whether it was possible for the Gov.
to take this stap witou the previous aproval of the S. of S.
I told in thay I could not answer this question until we Answ
That Wad been done
the tel, onde arrived this .orning,
I gathered from the botany that the Austrians are not
interested in the liquor trade to K.D.
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