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process is certain to be viewed
aste
with great distrast in many quarters
and more especially by foreigners
resident in China and this should be
borne in mind when estimating the
validity of the criticismns of the
Treaty port communities to which
you refer.
Since the appointment
of Mr. Maze as Inspector-General
of Customs, the native bureaux
for the collection of surtaxes in
addition to the Customs duties, the
establishment of which a few years
ago was regarded as so serious a
menace to the future existence of the
Customs Administration, have been
abolished. A further valuable reform
was reported in your telegram
No. 8 of May the 1st to His Majesty's
Minister, Peking.
There appear s
therefore to be little justification
for
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