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2.
It will be observed that
the Governor prefers to leave the pre-
sent system of traffic an the Pearl
River unchallenged, in the expecta-
tion that the trade which is being
carried on under Japanese control
will develop to such an extent that
it can be asserted that the river is
virtually open and that British steamers
should therefore no longer be excluded. while
Mr MacDonald There appears to the Secretary of
there
Stater however, to be a danger that a
piny
considerable vested interest will thereby
be created which it may be difficult
to dislodge,
hêx hand, the
rates charged by those now engaged in
the