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of Commerce relative to the recent- Treaty between France and China,

I the

which is likely to be useful to Her Majesty's Government. Should,

official text

of

which I a

am

however

not possessed of, but only of- what purports to be a translation from the Chinese forwarded to Sir George Bowen, confidentially, by Mr. C'Conor, Her Majesty's -- Chargé d'Affaires at Peking.

2.

With regard to the~

Imperial aspect of the question, apart from commercial interests,

I am not at present in a __ position to afford any information

which

anything of consequence

transpire, I will not fail to __ report it immediat

iately.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant,