CO129-257 - Public Offices & Others - 1892 — Page 294

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I cannot appreciate fol Lorby's arguemment,

marthed, that, while the Chinese are bound

article 8 of

the 1880 not to

treaty

al

with the United Stater

higher later on American than on

lery higher

Chinese ships, they may yet levy lower rates on

Chinese than on American.

Surely if they

in the cause

1

cannot raise a

uniform rate

Americans, they cannot lowe Chinese. The one

A unifam rake in the cate

thing is the same as the other rexfersord differently.

CP.L 6. Dec

6129.

fidential.

292

Foreign Office

December 5. 1892.

C.0.

23475

THECS REC 605032]

Sir

Letter

With

reference

to

my

4013805

Walsham

73. Sep. 28(m orige)

of the 4th of July last respecting

the differential treatment of goods

sen't by Chinese funks between

Canton and Hongkong

J

am

directed by the Earl of Rosebery

to transmit

der Secretary

of

State

Colonial Office.

a further Despatch

from