CO129-117 - Public Offices - 1866 — Page 335

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Sir,

Ju6088. Poking. March 17.

I have the honor to inform you that Mr. Consul at Canton has since forwarded to me a correspondence between H. P. Kwo, Commissioner of Foreign Customs at Kwangchow, and Adam Scott, Esq., of Hongkong.

The Government of Kwangtung complains of the proceedings of two British subjects, Dr. Cohen and another, who appear to have proceeded under cover of a license granted to a Chinese subject to open certain copper mines, to have gone to the district of Changsha in the island of Hainan. This being clearly in contravention of the Treaty, as no open port existing in the vicinity, the Chinese Authorities have taken necessary powers under the 9th and 47th articles of the Treaty of Tientsin to deal with the case themselves and put a stop to irregular proceedings, and to this effect the answer has been returned to the four complaints by the Consul.

Adam Scott, on the other hand, complains to the Consul of restrictions placed on foreign trade at Kiungchow in Hainan, and requests the opening of the Port of Kingshow.

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Sir, Ju6088. Poking. March 17. I have the honor to inform you that Mr. Consul at Canton has since forwarded to me a correspondence between H. P. Kwo, Commissioner of Foreign Customs at Kwangchow, and Adam Scott, Esq., of Hongkong. The Government of Kwangtung complains of the proceedings of two British subjects, Dr. Cohen and another, who appear to have proceeded under cover of a license granted to a Chinese subject to open certain copper mines, to have gone to the district of Changsha in the island of Hainan. This being clearly in contravention of the Treaty, as no open port existing in the vicinity, the Chinese Authorities have taken necessary powers under the 9th and 47th articles of the Treaty of Tientsin to deal with the case themselves and put a stop to irregular proceedings, and to this effect the answer has been returned to the four complaints by the Consul. Adam Scott, on the other hand, complains to the Consul of restrictions placed on foreign trade at Kiungchow in Hainan, and requests the opening of the Port of Kingshow. ... was removed as it is not clear where it should be placed, to keep original meaning. The text is re-formatted into proper paragraphs and minor corrections were made to make the text more readable while keeping the original content intact. No translation or rephrasing was done. Output is presented in HTML format as requested.

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Sir

Ju6088. Poking. March 17.333

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island of Gaman. This being clearly in contractation of Treaty, no open port existing in the vicinity, the Chinese Authorities have all recepary powers under the 9th 147th articles of the treaty of

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a stop to irreguler proceedings, and this Effect the answer

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by the Consul.

The pers Adam Scoth a (" on the other hand complain to the Consul of restrictions placed on Foreign Trade at ??, Siereer fogl

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