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Greaty

ivao

abrogated

in 1858 when

the main part of its provisions were

this. Treaty of

incorporated in this

Dienkin. Ito provisions regarding junk. hade of Hong Kong

Do incorporated.

were

No allusion.

the

not

lo

this hade will be formed either in

the Treaty,

Reason

or

as

well

a

I

remember,

in the published correspondence of Lord Elgin. But I believe for one only; vis, that the Climese Government had shewn itself utterly indifferent about the trade.

It I think, the 1867, when it first

Continued so until,

Year

1866

discovered

or

Rome/

itself the revenne

exports

deare

ow

lo

secure

imports and

carried by junks to

from the Colony; that on

and

Grium

being

being eminently and avowedly the chief object-

of its efforts

I observed

Yesterday when addressing the

Meeting that at the time of Lord Elgin's Mission

when the legalisation of Opuum

was under

discussion, a distinguished member of a leading. firm then largely interested in the Opium hade!

had

suggested to me the exfredumcy of introducing some system under which the duty might be collected at or near

on

opuem Hongkong. Ho

mentioned in fact the Foreign Customs Inspectorate

then on it's trial at the single port of Shangliai.

J

possible to secure to the Chinese Government

am persuaded that had it been then

the opeum revenue loss of which has lect to what is popularly known as the Blockade,

the Colony would have been spared the i

annorjance which the alternative adopted by the Clincse Government has occasioned it