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been

a

desire

во

of

Imperial.

Four thousand

dollars

to the

release

Kwok

Chemg

گفته ای در یکی

A

2.

of

this

I was

a grievous.

Customs

at

Canton.

Kwok-

Di

ad

Cheong complains

wrong,

" and

from "the heavy

penalty

of

Fotal:

"confiscation"

of

his

Vessel

I

cannet however

call

that

a principle,

because

myself

quite

at

any

fine.

as

I directed

the

"1

Consul

be

less

to

understand

on

what

informed

which

was

tess

principle

this

vessel

registered

by

aj

dollar

Than

in

the

a

British

Fert

should

if not

Value

of

the

Vessel

might

wholly

and

deserved ly

forfeited be

Equally

be

sand

to

release

the

restored

on

payment of so

excessive

Owner from "total

confiscation"

4.

a

fine

J

directed

a/

communication

It has

from

the first

Jcerned

to

ве

be

addressed

Lo

the

Consul

ine.

that

net

merely

begging him

to explain the principle

was

the

seizure

of

this

Vessel

on

which

that

amount

had been.

a grievous

hardship,

Even

if the

letter

fixed .

of

the

Law

had

permitted

3

The Consul replied that

it,

because

not

a. shadow

of

the principle

influencing him

had

suspicion

attached

h

the

bona.

been

fide

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