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the Commissione - The Oluram was sent to 7.0-

зверат

Yesterday-

It is necessary to consider this Graper.

The Chinese have established there Customs

Stations within sight offtong Kong, & employ steam

Hongxing, Caunches and other small craft, besicles qunbaute come

mancia y Europeans, to overhaul junks entering beaing the harbais - The establishment of these stations is of comparativly reent date & was naturally distasteful & the Colony: but it is admittul that the Chinese have worry

Amway teriting.

night to collect their customs at these

Dr.

Fron

other stations

ken

& to place them on any part of ther

without going into the voluminous papers it may Sufficient day that in 1874.5.6 constant complaints

& won Inferred from the Colony of the Moch in which the Cruciges, especially the malle class - Worried. The Track of the colony by Thein Exactions & Extestimate levies upon legitimate trades - whom that

squeezed as fruly

against smugglers whom they profiles to be directed..

Sir Thomas trade admiti

Meno

Dus

G

(6.21

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· of Feb. 28. 2001. "the dues on Inties demanche of the junks are certain the in excess of what is justs; at leash of his measure of whate " is just" or That (p.3) "The Establishments (custions) women " not be Chinese if it did not act oppressively in the "Collection of reoruna" _ In his memo. of rov:30- 20.441 fr.8.1he

8. The days - As to Chinese Inorheen brought in "Jinks & Stony Kay I confess that I do not see " way to any arrangements that will decure its "Against

The levy of dues, which according to our " ideas & practice, must be esteemed arbitrary

stachions

"

my

The Colonial Grievance is therefore undoubtedl : I

it is only newssary to add that no

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reason

Intries is obtainable, & that there is to belies that the Customs Stations to in their

livres heat Hipking as a Nach of thin son Jnovinar an extat at least the duties which where to pangable of

ar ball as

it wen still Chineas territory: and the duties lecith as good expertul farm or importul from a freiger Zint-

The

Officials Justably steal a large share of whiten is paid by the tradus- & the Infernal Revenue

is as much on

sufferen

D

Ha

unfortunate traden – The question is whether this is remediable in Anyway-

It was agrend in the Che for convention that the subjech should be referred to a (memissions to be composue of

a British Consular Officer,

and a Chinese Offien:

Q. A

譬

a Colmine his

wayn

ffien, home Sin Thomas Wade discrpne the subjul with Governm Sir Arthur Kennedy, & die Brooke Robation H. M. Consul at Canton. The result cons Embried in the documents of pr. 5.26_ Encl. 22

Modment

3 to no. 2 : The main proposition & That Than Three Chinese Customs stations should or converted into one

one queine station under the control of an

or that they do bright and such candid;

Englishmand a similar to the Freiger Inspectuat unde

whose supervision the duties on foreign goos

an colluted

at the heaty Juli- Lnd Carnarvon apprend of This Jusproue subject to some question of detail (vee this letter of April

25 (20.2)-

Since that time we have received two

despatches from Md. Henessy (12745) in which