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be fromoted, by every direct duty upon Articles of articles of traden Sen.

cafrore

trade objic.

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tionablen

for sent exemplar, flourishedra=

pially

nede

as a free port. A diliyor Che.

exports evou

Ad Be

twin

C

the

corro ŵ

whome

;

and

On 2. Over

English imports would be in ad=

:dition to the Chinese duty. Des res

cords Te

it d

worthy

gand even batoh

ideration how far it might

of consid

e

home

me duty

be possible to lessen the ho

The lower (day

on

if

and ben

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block)

Le as, to 1/6 increased tre des with

berequired to provide returres.

acet Ova

retains for exports from her.

ce, and

the lately diminished duties

020

Coffee & Chocolate operate, protanto,

against tea.

I have now

age

hint at a

Tonna

Ev

dusty, equal to or somewhat below that provided by the tariff for the Chinese Ports. –

As Ships

must pay these in the

other pants, it would not be worse,

comparatively, to fr

Kong; and

Hongkong,

them at

the advantag

sourcentages of

tioned,

warehouses, be, before

22...

would be countervailing circum.

stances.

The Chinese

tonnag

duty of 5 thances, or about 37. x. tou would yield

on 50,000 Tons

Aud

rever

of £. 7,500 - I have some rea-

:son to believe that the Dock and

hairbones.

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Tonnage.

harbour dues paid by ships in the port of London do not altogether 282 much fall short of the rate in questions, word at Hongkong all pilotage

would be curdinals d. by steps

in

entering there im proference to the

Canton river.

I cannot hope, may

Land,

that this hasty Vicrende sketch, within the mann

Rimits of time mecessari

A e

ly prescribed, will be of much

ernment; but if the energy.

to the gou

of my

sentiments

~~

the subject should have betrayed me into any

strength

the of expression sensuited ::: to the occasion, I am persuaded what it will be attributed to remy

thing rather than

respect for yo

a avarate of deve

ur Lordship

I'm conclusion, I will ob -

serve that an extended view of our Chinese policy must a

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criclude

こ

always reasonable Er ment that can be afforded

every

courageme

to the Kroer ledov

literature, & very

tions that of Wittle that Ir

of the language,

éry curious insliter great countries. The

have done my self-

~.core.

has been owing to information de= rrived from the forent wine besed, inv= : stead of being compelled to borrow imperfect or incorre et opinions at second hand - I feel well wat is

fied