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N. 140, of 1845.

Inclosure No. 1 in Desp:

072

DEC 25

1046

KERSTØ 6 8251

Auditor's Memorandum

254

Mr Consul Lay's Letter of 1th September 1845- No 64.

It would be desirable to prevent the great loss of Revenue / at a guess perhaps £3,000

a

6 Office

a year clear) which the Rest suffers, and the great inconvenience which the public have to submit to from of efficient Best Office arrangements in China; but there appears some difficulty

in

a

the want

in framing a local Ordinance to meet the evils complained of in Mr Lay's Letter without infringing the Merchant: kaman's Act, and the freedom of this Pert

The system complained of by

Mr. Lay has been pursued in China for

many years. and as

long.

as the number.

to a very

of mercantile houses was limited to a

of the Port Office Regulations

complaining of dvasion

From Mr Consul Lay,

by

Opium vessels.

the Masters of the

1.4 Leptember, 1845.