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shatever charges may upon them

be demanded.

I have been asked;

How of a Chinese, having purchased manufacture. in England

were

lo

then surect to come point

Carry

of the coast

to which Britesh

shipping have not

have not by treaty right

9

?

I a

f

a é cess

say

a

Case

-that

the Chinese foot

free in my opinion, as

tu

see ch

would be

The Grealy

non stands, to make what law

it pleased.. It might suit it

to enable its own

it could

of any

than a british subject has to at the open ports, or

The latter

would

pay

more duties.

at present be

the more probable course

because

t

on

the

it would prefer, I suspect, to keep the foreign import trade sea-board under the foreign

inspectorate. But it could not be held culpable or

placed above by

our

a

tle каше

Me

had come

in

sulyjects (by treaty

to

not crable the subjects

other power to pay less dubie,

than

were

or unfair if it imports, brought as Chinese from England,

fooking as if they

a

Frealy fort

British bottous And if

not unfair, when they

this

came

from England, neither could it

ke.

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