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be gathered. He was surprised that

more had not been said in

address

merchanto

made at other parts by

with the assistance.

received from consuls.

476

They

should have

Another

important maller.

was

the reduchon

in regard to

and action.

Consuls.

the conduct

It was the

of the duties

on

imports .

The

of July of Consols

of the

ach of

to take cognizance

Chinese towards

foreigners and protect the interests of there Countrymen whom they represented where such protechon was required

This

was framed it was impossible

to calculate for

was

to be

now

based upon

five per cent ad

valorum duty

but at the time

existing tariff of 1858

a

was

02

as to what

the future.

Since

but he

was

afraid there

were

Then

the

increase

in

imports and

many

been done

Cases

where it had

not

exports had been exceedingly large

The

grievance

of

and

there

was

now

very good

Foreigners had not received the

grounds to

attention

That they

were

entitled to

поче

had

such

hold

of

mallers been taken

with zeal and backed up

goupon

for considerable reductions of this

upon for asking

existing tariff.

He would cite

о

with

few comparative figures that would

show