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municate with the Native Authorities.
he is even told that he must not
comment on
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the conduct of the Diplomatic body. Therefore, if the latter is to have
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cerby
the poke regulation of the grave and perious matters which affect balony from outside, it is desirable to
allowed them in
determine what
de que
of
latitude is
them in concealing
from
hom the
be
Govemmn such proceedings. It might
asked ought they to disclose an intended armed invasion of this Island
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wait
till the Viceroy landed with his troops?
15.
It is true that Consul Robertson
affects to regard
all these proceedings
as aimed at Opium only. I may remark
however that the importation of that
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commodity into and
through Hongting
amounts to prom Hỗ to 50 million of
dollars her annum.
per
annum and I should have considered that a sudden attempt
to
disturb that trade, and above all to do
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by a stovign
Tower levying on Ofinum
export duty actually before it leaves
a British Harbor,
sufficient consequence
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was a matter of
to have rendered
reference to the Govemar of this Colony
expedient.
16. Still
more do
I think so when it
is remembered that what is being done with Opium may
be done with
any
other article of Commerce whether British
manufacture
or not, and
unless therefore
some
definite line of duty in the matter,
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