CO129-092 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [4-6] — Page 326

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His Excellency to grant it that the - Tariff rates, appended to the Treaty of Tientsin, are meant exclusively for the regulation of Trade in Chinese ports, and for the observance or neglect of them the Authorities of this Island are in no wise responsible: - that the rule quoted is not limited, its permission to import subject to the condition of requisition from Chinese Government and that were the principle that has influenced His Excellency to be adopted as a guide for the future, this port would become a mere outpost of the Chinese Imperial Customs.

I have to add, that the Committee of this Chamber fully concur in these views.

(Signed) J. I. Mackenzie.
Chairman

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His Excellency to grant it that the - Tariff rates, appended to the Treaty of Tientsin, are meant exclusively for the regulation of Trade in Chinese ports, and for the observance or neglect of them the Authorities of this Island are in no wise responsible: - that the rule quoted is not limited, its permission to import subject to the condition of requisition from Chinese Government and that were the principle that has influenced His Excellency to be adopted as a guide for the future, this port would become a mere outpost of the Chinese Imperial Customs. I have to add, that the Committee of this Chamber fully concur in these views. (Signed) J. I. Mackenzie.Chairman
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