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occasions

be sent from Taiwan by way of Away, or direct, and from

Tamsui by way of Frockow

With these exceptions the

Consuls at all Ports would be

instructed to send their men up to

Shanghoe-

I

trust that it

may

not be deemed unreasonable to ask

the Government of Hong

Kona to

accopt the charge of all namen. shipped from Amoy,

on

usion

Swatow, and

the other ports

ion from the

I have enumerated. Their reception could add but little to the

work of the proper department :

On the other hand, the

400

expense to

the State of maintaining

any

on

men at

one of the Fools specified

There is not

must be immense.

at

any

CALL

of them, of course

establishment fit for the

an

reception of

De amen-

that is not

lation.

at

Our

ommercial specu

Swatow there is not, I believe,

an

establishment even

description

I am writing

may

of this

to Her

not be

Majetje Consul at Foochow to report whether it

convenient or less ex invariably

anore -

to send peamere

less expensive

to