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the neighbouring Customs stations, it would increase four-fold

tron years

17.

My

in

Accordingly, I directed attention to endeavouring to

discover a sucaus

by which this legitimate trave might be rendered

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3

is gree

as

the trade in Foreign

bottoms, whilst not depriving the

chinese government of their just

and Lawful

revenne

Salt,

Munitions of War and Opium.

Salt,

you

will

18.

As regards see that I brought to the notice of the Executive Council on the 15th and 19th of August, 1078, the fact

that the rules framed under Her

Majesty's Treaty with the Emperon

of

China declare Sult to be Contraband and prohibit its import into China; and that the buscutive Council

paped a resolution unanimously

Concurring in

my

views that the

import of balt from Hongkong

to China should be stopped, and that I should ask for your

by

authority to do this, either bey applying the existing Law or be- greak legislation -

19.

I awaited the arrival.

of Sir Phomas Wade before dealing

with this resolution

q

the Executive