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Chinese produse for delivery in Strugkong will accept a lower price if allowed to ship by junk,

if the river steamen will. take the merchandize free of freight, is clear proof that in sonce shape

e reu

or other

a rebate is made

me

in

favour of rohandige passing through the native customs, but

impossible to obtain

it eenvo

specific proof in

any portionlar case; and if it could be obtained

it would) serve!

good peerpore.

A

In the improbable case of a Chuise merch aut being willing to accent that he had been

allowed to pace tix at half. tariff duty; or

that he had been allowed to pass 100 picuts as 30; or that with 100 piculs of tea, duty paid, he had been allowed to pass so much other cargo -duty free, what would be

The Stoppo would no more than

now admit that euch evasion

he would recue

was

^ rule!

his subordinates and the Chinese merchant for having conefired to defraud

the revoured,

and

the

Chiese merchant who had supplied us with the specific proof would certainly suffer, but future chippers would contrine

to accept the better terms offered by the native Customs, and would not again be guilty of treachery towards their fellow conspirators.

same level as

It should be remembered that in the improbable event of the stappo being willing to raise his tariff to the same the Treaty tariff and thereby sacrifice part of his revenue, which to him means personal emolument, his staff would still

gamed? The

oppose him. The

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one and all,

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