:
(27433/10).
Sir:-
FOREIGN
OFFICE
Co 25500
REC?
RES19 AUG 10 FOREIGN OFFICE,
506
August 1b. 1910.
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th
You
ultimo 22453/1910 transmitting copies of two Des-
he has hills
Tel No w
هلة
Fou Tel. No. 135
*
patches with enclosures from the Officer Administer-
ing the Government of Hongkong relating to the addi-
tional taxation imposed on opium by the provincial
authorities at Canton and requesting observations in
regard to these Despatches.
Luciller
WV. Lua
No 210
In reply I am to inform you that Sir E. Gray
after consultation with Lord Morley decided to pro-
test against the taxation in question as being con-
trary to our treaty rights, and that a telegram, a
copy of which is herewith enclosed, was despatched to
His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking directing
him to bring the matter forthwith to the notice of
the Chinese Government with a view to the withdrawal
of
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
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