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472

disposed of by

Carnarvon's Despatch on the "Blockade" The second objection.

is anticipated in Lord Carnarvon's Minute

Mr Hart's letter;

but it seems to me unwise to depend entirely on the extent to which the collection of Chinese revenue is to be carried on and on the terms and conditions under which it is to be allowed.

One important feature of Mr Hart's scheme is that he proposes to induce Li to give up the "Blockade" altogether on condition of the Opium Duties alone being secured to him by collection in Hong Kong.

Mr Hart admits that the Colonial government might itself undertake the collection of these duties, but to his mind, the collection of revenue for the Chinese by British Officers in British Territory is best. He holds out the probability of being able, in conjunction with Mr Wade, to put sufficient pressure upon the Hoppo of Canton through the Authorities.

As regards the collection of revenue by Chinese Officers in British Territory, it is repugnant to the Colonial government.

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472 disposed of by Carnarvon's Despatch on the "Blockade" The second objection. is anticipated in Lord Carnarvon's Minute Mr Hart's letter; but it seems to me unwise to depend entirely on the extent to which the collection of Chinese revenue is to be carried on and on the terms and conditions under which it is to be allowed. One important feature of Mr Hart's scheme is that he proposes to induce Li to give up the "Blockade" altogether on condition of the Opium Duties alone being secured to him by collection in Hong Kong. Mr Hart admits that the Colonial government might itself undertake the collection of these duties, but to his mind, the collection of revenue for the Chinese by British Officers in British Territory is best. He holds out the probability of being able, in conjunction with Mr Wade, to put sufficient pressure upon the Hoppo of Canton through the Authorities. As regards the collection of revenue by Chinese Officers in British Territory, it is repugnant to the Colonial government. Page 472 ... was removed as there was no clear indication of missing text, however the original text was reordered and rejoined where necessary to form coherent sentences and paragraphs. The output is in HTML format as per the instructions. The original text had several OCR errors, including character recognition mistakes and incorrect ordering of text, which have been corrected in the output.
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472 disposed of by Carnarvon's Despatch on the "Blockade" The second objection. is anticipated in Lord Carnarvon's Minute Mr Hart's letter; but it seems un to me to depend the extent to which entirely the collection of Chinese revenne is to be carried on and on the Terms and constitions. under which it is to be allowed One important feature Li Mm Hart's scheme is that at Sekin, to make him give " up the "Blockade altogether on condition of the Opium Duties alone being seemed to him by collection in Kong. Bong Mr Hart admits the that the Colonial hovemment might itself undertako collection of these duties, to his ideas, the collection best of revenue for the Chinese British Officers in British by he holds out the probability in conjunction of being able with Mr Wade to put sufficient pressure upon the Hopps of Canton through the Authonter Territory is as re as the collection repugnant Chinese of revenue by Chinère Officers in Birtish Levulory objectionable میشه to the Colon ناکام
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472

disposed of by

Carnarvon's Despatch on the "Blockade" The second objection.

is anticipated in Lord Carnarvon's Minute

Mr Hart's letter;

but it seems

un

to me to depend

the extent to which

entirely the collection of

Chinese revenne

is to be carried on

and on

the Terms and

constitions.

under which it is to be allowed

One important feature

Li

Mm Hart's scheme is that

at Sekin, to make him give

"

up the "Blockade altogether

on condition of the Opium Duties alone being seemed

to him by collection in Kong.

Bong

Mr Hart admits

the

that the Colonial hovemment might itself undertako collection of these duties,

to his ideas, the collection

best

of revenue for the Chinese British Officers in British

by

he holds out the probability

in conjunction of being able with Mr Wade to put sufficient pressure upon the Hopps of

Canton through the Authonter

Territory

is

as re

as the collection

repugnant

Chinese

of

revenue by Chinère Officers in Birtish Levulory

objectionable

میشه

to the Colon

ناکام

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