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the authorities at Canton in

according preferential treatment

in

regard

to duties to goods

carried in junks between Canton

and Thongkong.

I am directed by this = Lordship to transmit to you for

the information of the Marquess

of Ripon.

a

copy of a

Note on

this subject which was addressed

by Her Majesty's Minister at

Pekin to the Tsungli Gamen on

the

the 14th of August 1893.

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I am to suggest that this

Note should be communicated

confidentially to the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce, and that

the Chamber should be informed

that the matter will not be

lost sight of.

A copy of your letter,

and its enclosures, will be i

forwarded to Mr O'Conor.

Jam, Sir,

your most obedient, humble servant,

Zarris Den

PA