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the trade are exorbitant when
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Mr.
Mr.
Mr. C. J. Jeffries.
Mr. A. J. Dawe.
Sir H. Moore.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
DRAFT.
compared with those ordinarily
charged, and it may well be that
once trade between Hong Kong
and Canton by the present channels
has reached considerable propor-
heavy
tions, there will be decorerfiel
pressure in favour of the
restoration of less burdensome
FURTHER ACTION.
methods of transport.
3.
The Secretary of State
is inclined to agree that it is
not desirable at present to make
any formal protest to the Japanese
authorities on the subject, but
he