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AFFAIRS OF CHINA,
CONFIDENTIAL.
[November 1.]
SECTION 1,
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No. 1.
Question asked in the House of Commons, November 1, 1906.
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Mr. Rees,--To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Chinese Government has cancelled or amended its Edict introducing certain changes into the administration of the Chinese customs.
Answer.
The reply to the honourable Member's inquiry is in the negative. I would also refer him to my replies of the 25th and 28th ultimo relative to the Edict of the 9th May to the effect that the Edict has not hitherto changed the administration by Sir R. Hart.
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No. 2.
Question asked in the House of Commons, November 1, 1906.
Mr. Rees,--To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any information has been received of the increase of piracy in the Canton Delta; and, if so, whether any action is contemplated in order to the protection of commerce in
these waters.
Answer.
leports of several cases of piracy and attempted piracy in the Canton. Delta have lately been received by His Majesty's Government. His Majesty's Minister at Peking has been authorized to make representations to the Chinese Government with a view to the adoption of measures for the suppression of these outrages and to the better policing of the waterways.
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