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to Mr Canaul Robertson's suggestions certain disadvantages for removing present imposed from one in transitu .om at goods Chinese Port to another via Hongkong.
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Under As Mr Legerton's letter to the Secretary of State invites Your Grace's attention to Mr Robertson's 11 ¡Suggestions as deserving of consideration." and Your Grace has transmitted them to me subject. I am expected to report com the
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and so placing Hongkong in a worse position relative to Chinese Commerce were merely generally, than if it Treaty Port. I am glad to find that M. Robertson at last ventures to his concurrence in that view. O jyo cannot conceive anything more unwise thom creating a British Colony in the bust, and holding out inducements to British Subjects and others to Settle there, and nevertheless withholding from such Colony the commercial business facilities which conceded to residents in the Treaty Ports. I assume that Great Britain ultimately withheld whatever facilities she did not include in a dictated Treaty which she
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to Mr Canaul Robertson's suggestions
certain disadvantages
for removing present imposed
from
one
in transitu
.om
at
goods
Chinese Port to another via
Honghing.
Q.
Under
As
Mr Legerton's letter to the Senetry of State invites Your
Grace's attention to Mr Robertson's
11
¡Suggestions as deserving of consideration."
and Your Grace has transmitted them
to
me
subject.
I
am
expected to report
com
the
3. In my dispatch No 392 of the
14th
No
L
tetats f
392 36767.
chria 30.
for watt
14 November 1867 I have already painted out the unfairness of imposing increased, 1 = "" " goods going hom Shanghai 1/2" 225:
duties
com
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to launton. if takin via Honghong. todo,
W
#
and so placing Hongkong
in
a worse
position relative to Chinese Commerce
were
merely
generally, than if it Treaty Port. I am glad to find that M. Robertson at last ventures to
his
concurence in that view. O jyo
cannot conceive anything
more unwise
thom creating a British Colony in the bust, and holding out inducements to British Subjects and others to Settle there, and nevertheles with holding from such Colony the commercial busines facilities
which
conceded to residents in the
Treaty Ports. I apume that Great Britain
uintually with held whatever facilities she
did not include in a
dictated.
Treaty which she
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