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be laid down

for the Minister and

to

bonouls, I could scarcely be surprised be

beam some do

day that a froh proclamation.

had improved

Q meUN

export duty on piece

jeodo, accompanied by a similar

from

esc curse

the bonoul that he had waited

till the ipue of the proclamation to

apprise

me of the intention of the Chinese

Government.

14.

Independent of the exceptions which

I have taken to the

legality

and the

- unfriendly character of those proceedings

still

толе

ك

object to the collateral results

therefrom. Aheady the

of the greater part of the Salt stish trade

in both of which

occupations a large

many

capital had been inveated and

large funt's employed.

18. The raids made by the armed pult

Uide former junts of the Chinese govemment into

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our own waters and into all the

neighboring waters and the levy of a salt

tax on all

on

junto found with salt. board whether of English or bhinese chove

effectually indisposed the chinese. The most timid of all races. hom pequenting

a place where they get po roughly handled

and so i

measures t

taken by

19.

the bhinese Goverment with reference to

the trade in Salt have caused

the

removal

Salt Lans

from the lealony of all the pail dams and

that a

inadequately protected. It is therefore highly probable.

mui network of Cruisers and

now

Customs Haouses imperdiet uitblished round this

is,

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