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Olconar's despatch No 391, of

which

a

сару

was communicated

to the Colonial Office

on the 26th

ultimo, that Mr. Babir's Contemplated journey has been Abandoned, and that Mr. Bourne

has been commissioned instead

to travel in that region for the purpose of enquiry into the commercial condition

and

of Southwest China " The probable effect of the recent

treaty

2004 4

treaty between France and China

on British Commerce with the

inland markets of

Southern provinces.

In regard

the

to the mixed

Commission to which reference

is made

by sir g.

Bowen and

the Hong kong Chamber of Commeres

I am to request that you state to Colonel Stanley

will

that

if the Franco- Chinese Commission

for defining the Boundaries between China and Tonquin