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Or the indirent indisposition of the Chuete Custom houses themselves to

Enforce the stipulations against the Inerchaults shipping of Countries that maintain no Consulates. Ammediately On by taking charge at this post in January 1854 the thercantile residents pressed the matter on my attention

unanimous & urgent complants.

бушани

Shipping under Western Foreign Kags otherthan British together with Coasting craft the property of Continental Europeans but without papers or flag was (as it still is) Allowed habitually winter or depart Without payment of any tonnage

Dues

Ones In the mualtor

Cargo

275 Creties Ou

8. the Chunere tide waiters

Exercised the same amount of

Surveillance over this kind of Shipping

but

as over the British, bre

its Eostal freedom fromall Consular regulations restrictions And formalities gave it advantages

Even in this respect which British

Shipping did not possess. The British

resident harchants one and all

assured me that in consequence of this proven & Established Ors. - Doanlage boththey and the

Chinese merchants who employ foreign thishing had within the last few months written Expressly

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