which foreign spirits are subjected to no other charge
an
than the payment of import duty of 3%; and
the proposals, which will be
found
on
page 3 of the
accompanying memorandum,
have been submitted to Earl
Granville by the Siamese
Minister as
forming the possible
basis for such a Convention.
His Lordship understands
that
Memorandum,
that a
384
large proportion of
the trade in foreign spirits
with Siam is in the hands
of British subjects at Hong
King,
and I
am
accordingly
directed to request that you
will call the attention of
the Earl of Kimberley to
this question, and state that
although Lord
Granville is of opinion that Her Majesty's
Government should not .. altogether
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