CO129-169 - Others - 1874 — Page 397

great mistake upon two points: first in thinking that protecting trace fas et rezas increases it when experience shows that nothing injures it so much as smuggling, & nothing gosters it more than freedom from seizure, who the payment of legal duties ensures : ( moreover smuggling injuriously affects our shipping interests, for much that wo

by

steamers up the coast is shipped

go in junks for the purpose of evading The duties; & in proof of this it

may

be mentioned that sinc the establmt

a close surveillance

3 the duty of oprim collectect at Swatow has increased by The 60000, as traders not having the same facilities for smuggling in junks as heretofore. have shipped by foreign steamers :) & in the second place this was of interests between

the

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can

can only

the Colony & the Canton gost end disastrously for the former by inducing the latter to drand an increased cordon

cordon of Custom

Houses round it & establish a stricter surveillance who they have an undoubted right to do in their own territory & waters. 7% is useless for the Comt to Zake high ground denounce the action of the Chinese goot & declare what in their opinion she be that of the Colonial one: There are other considerations of more importance than the protection of the interes to

a local trade which seem to be forgotten in the battle for local interest, & &fear

if this report of the Comt is published The Chinese auth wit is knowing that it was appointe

Colonial

appointed by the

goot may consider that the strong expressions

of opinion it contains are sanctioned by the Executive & this may tend

may

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