CO129-156 - Sir MacDonnell - 1872 [1-3] — Page 68

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2.

3.

67

bork the

Opium

and Lettin duties.

That

report transmitted a translation

by Mr Imich of

vone

veryy

important

ao

he states,

Chinese documents, which,

had been procured from authentic

Javrces.

2. Those documents have

bearing on two questions, which

Your Lordship

a direct

as

aware

ocoupied much

M

One

attention on the part of Her Majesty's

Government during the

was

past year.

Dane

The possible result of a threatened blockade of this harbor by

Chinese Cruisers - a blockade, which

Mr. Wade, Her Majesty's Minister at

Peking, represented as impending; and

the second was the establishment here

on British Soil of Customs Station

for

an actual Chinese

the collection

purely Chinese duties, especially

on

of

Opium, all which are taxable properly

in China only.

3. The correspondence with Mr

Wade

on those subjects

was

referred to

me in England, and I then pointed out that the Customs blockade of this Port, which Mr. Wade all through

as well

as could be inferred from his language, represented as only impending had been

a

reality for some years. Consequently I ventured to consider it impolitic

to accept

an

adequate reason for

making inexpedient concessions to the Chinese, a threat to inflict

on

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2. 3. 67 bork the Opium and Lettin duties. That report transmitted a translation by Mr Imich of vone veryy important ao he states, Chinese documents, which, had been procured from authentic Javrces. 2. Those documents have bearing on two questions, which Your Lordship a direct as aware ocoupied much M One attention on the part of Her Majesty's Government during the was past year. Dane The possible result of a threatened blockade of this harbor by Chinese Cruisers - a blockade, which Mr. Wade, Her Majesty's Minister at Peking, represented as impending; and the second was the establishment here on British Soil of Customs Station for an actual Chinese the collection purely Chinese duties, especially on of Opium, all which are taxable properly in China only. 3. The correspondence with Mr Wade on those subjects was referred to me in England, and I then pointed out that the Customs blockade of this Port, which Mr. Wade all through as well as could be inferred from his language, represented as only impending had been a reality for some years. Consequently I ventured to consider it impolitic to accept an adequate reason for making inexpedient concessions to the Chinese, a threat to inflict on
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2. 3. 67 bork the Opium and Lettin duties. That report transmitted a translation by Mr Imich of vone veryy important ao he states, Chinese documents, which, had been procured from authentic Javrces. 2. Those documents have bearing on two questions, which Your Lordship a direct as aware ocoupied much M One attention on the part of Oher Majesty's Government during the was past year. Dane The possible result of o threatened blockade of this harbor by Chinese Cruisers - a blomade, which Mr. Wade, 19er Majesty's Minister at Petting, represented as impending; and the second was the establishment here 9979 on British Soil of Customs Itation for an actual Chinese the collection purely Chinese duties, especially on of Opium, all which are twiable propaly China only. in 3. The correspondence with Mr Wade w those subjects was referred to me in England, and I then pointed out that the Customs blockade of this Port, which Mr. Wade all through as well as could be inferred from his language, represented as only impending had been a -reality for some years. Consequently I ventured to covoider it impolitic to accept an adequate reason for matting inexpedient concessions to the Chinese, a threat to inflict on رة
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2.

3.

67

bork the

Opium

and Lettin duties.

That

report transmitted a translation

by Mr Imich of

vone

veryy

important

ao

he states,

Chinese documents, which,

had been procured from authentic

Javrces.

2. Those documents have

bearing on two questions, which

Your Lordship

a direct

as

aware

ocoupied much

M

One

attention on the part of Oher Majesty's

Government during the

was

past year.

Dane

The possible result of o threatened blockade of this harbor by

Chinese Cruisers - a blomade, which

Mr. Wade, 19er Majesty's Minister at

Petting, represented as impending; and

the second was the establishment here

9979

on British Soil of Customs Itation

for

an actual Chinese

the collection

purely Chinese duties, especially

on

of

Opium, all which are twiable propaly

China only.

in

3. The correspondence with Mr

Wade

w

those subjects

was

referred to

me in England, and I then pointed out that the Customs blockade of this Port, which Mr. Wade all through

as well

as could be inferred from his language, represented as only impending had been

a

-reality for some years. Consequently I ventured to covoider it impolitic

to accept

an

adequate reason for

matting inexpedient concessions to the Chinese, a threat to inflict

on

رة

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