CO129-130 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [4-5] — Page 42

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at Gytam balony-

and Aberdeen te te in this

and whose evidence on

chinese

ground in the presence of blinese Officials

and

before the Singular tribunal of Mang evinces a sort of

cheung- toung

almost

flowery gratitude for the facilities Kindly

Afforded them by hunting them up

in

British Harbors so as to enable them to British-Harbors

pay with greater

were

ease

the dues

which they

dues which

Such shallow

only too eager to pay. humbug contrasts strongly with the maited indignation of those whom I had personally examined, and who seemed to see little but a pinatical squeeze a in this attempt to fill a bhinese Salt Commipioner's The asiny by excactions in

British waters.

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17.

On this the Comptroller finally observes that the Managers of the Salt Revenue ought in future to receive payment

for the sult at the time of its sale and thereupon if pure licenses discriminating between duty fiaid anst

as a means

of

Smuggled salt, and although payments

were

legitimately swing by the fishermen.

and there

was no

his conduct was

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forcible extation yet

highly improper in

of

trespaping within the territory of HongKony- Consequently in future on mathing sales of sult that the Comptioter

should receive

payment

in Cash and

not arbitrarily allow arrears to reccummulate,

I

despitch repels into town Mimitory

to collect the

duty

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