CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5] — Page 84

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From Thinare funthe at the sarahbouring Customs Stations, in Jawick is reported to

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"The

The Curtours Bruisers maintain,

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as ever the system of

collecting duties

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the trade of the Olonn

of the Pony

in untive craft, and there

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Lighway of Commerce

between China and this British Colony,

and formerly free port weest in foreign

repels from Treaty sorts. I hope, but

by

no means sanguine that

on the arrival here of Sir Plomar

Vade, Her Majesty's Minister to

China think the

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wrong

which is

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being done will be rectified._

Tore views of Mt. Keswick were currated by M. Belilios, Mr Granville

Shark and M. Stypie; and the basis

secrates of the provved by the Hongkong Gornment for

Arthur Kennedy

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was denounced as simple monitions.

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and as

being ofcouch to the

free

Kade

of the Colony. to mention however

was made

of

the

fact

that the precise

basis in question (which proposes to

retain the Customs Stations

Collection

for

the

of duties and lekin and to

which stations all native chaft must

call

for

the

rayment of duties on coming.

to and clearing from Hongkong)

was

actually prepared and finally settled