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of the inclosures in his despatch, that the object of the new Regulations was to prevent the evasion of the Lekin, or opium tax, payable by Chinese traders on the coast at various places of Kwantung, which is a different tax from the import duty leviable under the treaty of Tientsin on British merchants importing opium into any of the Treaty Ports. The Governor of Hongkong would seem to have been misled by the general terms of the Proclamation which requires "all traders" after purchasing opium to proceed to the nearest tax station and report their goods for the payment of tax", as he states in his despatch to the Duke of Buckingham of 23 July that he cannot find that the Proclamation makes any distinction between Native and foreign-owned Vessels, between Vessels bound for any open Treaty Ports and other destination," and he goes on to observe that "the Vice Roy's Proclamation insists apparently.
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of the inclosures in his despatch, that the object of the new
Regulations
was to
evasion
of
prevent the
the Lekin, or opium
tax, payable by Chinese traders
on
the coast
at various places of Kwantung, which is a
different tax from the import
ducky
leviable under the treaty
of
Tientsin on
British merchants
to
importing opicem into any of the Treaty Ports. The Governor of Hongkong would seem have been misled by the general
the Proclamation which
terms
of
requires
requires "all traders" after
purchasing opium to proceed to
the nearest tax station and
report
their goods for the payment of tax", as he states in his despatch to the Duke of Buckingham of
548 July 23. that he cannot 9818
find
that the Proclamation makes
any
distinction between Native
and foreign
foreign owned Vessels,
between Vessels
bound
or
for
the
any
open Treaty Ports and destination," and he goes observe that "the Vice Roy's Proclamation insists apparently.
other
to
the
on
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