CO129-143 - Sir MacDonnell - 1870 [1-2] — Page 93

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- tax stations, and the grave complaints which had reached the Governor of Trong Thong as to the unwarranted interference of Lettin boats and Cruisers or boats affecting to be such with the legitimate trade of the Colony carried on with the Native merchants.

173 I added I was aware from Mr. Robertson's reports that the Vice Roy's attention had already been called to the subject, and indeed that measures had been taken to put a stop to such abuses, but the occurrences had caused a feeling of distrust and intense irritation among the Colonists and Mercantile residents, and it was deemed desirable by Her Majesty's Government that some steps should be taken with a view to the adoption of more satisfactory arrangements than those now existing between the Chinese and British Colonial Authorities.

I had been instructed to ascertain whether it would not be possible to establish such practical Regulations in Hong Kong and China, or to make such Treaty Regulations so as to place the intercourse between Hong Kong and the neighboring Coasts on a more definite and regular footing, without unreasonably obstructing the ordinary and daily traffic between Hong Kong and the Mainland, and so as to remove occasion of controversy.

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- tax stations, and the grave complaints which had reached the Governor of Trong Thong as to the unwarranted interference of Lettin boats and Cruisers or boats affecting to be such with the legitimate trade of the Colony carried on with the Native merchants. 173 I added I was aware from Mr. Robertson's reports that the Vice Roy's attention had already been called to the subject, and indeed that measures had been taken to put a stop to such abuses, but the occurrences had caused a feeling of distrust and intense irritation among the Colonists and Mercantile residents, and it was deemed desirable by Her Majesty's Government that some steps should be taken with a view to the adoption of more satisfactory arrangements than those now existing between the Chinese and British Colonial Authorities. I had been instructed to ascertain whether it would not be possible to establish such practical Regulations in Hong Kong and China, or to make such Treaty Regulations so as to place the intercourse between Hong Kong and the neighboring Coasts on a more definite and regular footing, without unreasonably obstructing the ordinary and daily traffic between Hong Kong and the Mainland, and so as to remove occasion of controversy.
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- tax stations, and the grave complaints which had reached the Governor of Trong Thong as to the unwarranted interference of Lettin boats and Cruisers_ or box's affecting to be such _ with the legirnate brade of the with the Native dents. Colony carried on 173 I added I was برای پیش بی ریایه aware from Mr. Robertson's reports that the Vice Roß attention had already been called to the subject, and indeed that measures had been taken to put a stop to such abuses, but the occurrences had caused a feeling of distrust and intense initation among the Colonists and Mercantile residents, and it was deemed desirable by A. Mis. Government that * 92 some steps should be taken with a view to the adoption of more satisfactory arrangements than those now existing between the Chinese and British Colonial Authorities. I had recordingly been instructed to ascertain whether it would not be possible to establish such practical Stegulations in bongtong mot china, or to make such Frealy Regulations 44 should flace the intercourse between bongthong and the neighboring Coasts on a more définiti définite and reqular footing, without so as to frolick the Chinese Revenni mireasonably obiitucting the ordinary and daily, traffic between Songhong and the Mainland, and in remove recasion of controvery so doring
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- tax stations, and the

grave complaints which had reached the Governor of Trong Thong as to the unwarranted interference of Lettin boats and

Cruisers_ or box's affecting to be such _ with the legirnate brade of the

with the Native dents.

Colony carried on

173

I added I was

برای پیش بی ریایه

aware

from Mr.

Robertson's reports that the Vice Roß attention had already been called to the subject, and indeed that measures had been taken to put a stop to such abuses, but the occurrences had caused

a

feeling of distrust and intense

initation

among

the Colonists and

Mercantile residents, and it was deemed desirable by A. Mis. Government that

*

92

some steps should be taken with a view to the adoption of more satisfactory arrangements than those now existing between the Chinese and British Colonial Authorities. I had recordingly

been

instructed to ascertain whether it would

not be possible to establish such practical Stegulations in bongtong mot china, or to make such Frealy Regulations

44

should flace the intercourse between bongthong and the neighboring Coasts on a more définiti

définite and reqular footing,

without

so as to frolick the Chinese Revenni

mireasonably obiitucting the ordinary and daily, traffic between Songhong and the Mainland, and in

remove recasion of controvery

so

doring

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