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the decision must wait will we have settled The Merchant Shipping Grobce, but

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Blake and

meamotule send to Sin #

that this is and

rapt for.

That we premme

say

the question.

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Bhuttake

Mr Lufas, abunge, 49 ahme54749 See you mipute

-notebaker attached to ₤2.038/2.

Do you know whether Ihr 86 / Blake

that all junks lifened dongkong shotild fly the British or

means

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Sir H Blake wither to

pinkly after spicking to mo

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Ein H Blake's letter is attebed-

As I oppond the B of T anggrobin muhaly regations Sie H Blakin pagoval. I have proposed action

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This

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quertin of the ching-fir bax

still remains to be dealt with.

The

HangKong Chamber

of Commerce drew attention to the fact that certain gunks evacked this bax (which is payable

certain

ashiles imported in native bottoms) by adspend

obtaining authorisation to fly German

flags.

iTu

a

American

This the despatch sending this have

very ambigums, but it

avas

inferred that

fum trangKong

(1) the junks traded, (2) the British Trader

law from making

purpose

not lean)

bray

(3) the

are

were

- precluded by

of the flay for the

(though what this meant was

only aggestion

to check the punchier

that refusal to grant breences to junkes chimming the protection of forage flags.

Sie 4 Blake agred that

A

license

should be refused to any junk owned by Chiriere and Flying a Foreign Flag.

requand

70 agood

The Bof I agreed, punded that the applicable to all junks (including

Birkih) flying flags other than Chinese.

This appeared to be

te

directly contrary to Sie to Blake's because

proprial,