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"Herchants, a fair and regular tariff of export and import customs and other dues, which tariff shall be publicly notified and promulgated for general information; and the Emperor further engages that, when British merchandise shall have once paid at any of the said ports the regulated customs and dues, agreeable to the tariff to be hereafter fixed, such merchandise may be conveyed by Chinese merchants to any province or city in the interior of the empire of China, on paying a further amount as transit duties, which shall not exceed ....... per cent on the tariff value of such goods".

of 1858:-

Article XIV of the French Treaty of Tientsin

*Aucune société de commerce privilégiée ne pourra "désormais s'établir en Chine, et il en sera de même de toute coalition organisée dans le but d'exercer un monopole sur le commerce. En cas de contravention au présent Article, les autorités chinoises, sur les représentations du consul ou de l'agent consulaire, aviseront aux moyens de dissoudre de semblables associations, dont elles s'efforceront d'ailleurs de prévenir l'existence par des prohibitions préalables, afin d'écarter tout ce qui pourrait porter atteinte à la libre concurrence*.

There can be no question but that in view of the above the action of the Nankin Viceroy is illegal and contrary to treaty.

The British firms in Shanghai in order to protect their interests have agreed not to sell opium to the Government monopolists and in this they have the support of the Chinese Opium Guild which is controlled by natives of Swatow.

The Monopolist therefore finding himself unable to procure opium with which to crush the business of the old established firms

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"Merchants, a fair and regular tariff of export and import customs and other dues, which tariff shall be publicly notified and promulgated for general information; and the Emperor further engages that, when British merchandise shall have once paid at any of the said ports the regulated customs and dues, agreeable to the tariff to be hereafter fixed, such merchandise may be conveyed by Chinese merchants to any province or city in the interior of the empire of China, on paying a further amount as transit duties, which shall not exceed ... per cent on the tariff value of such goods".

of 1858:

Article XIV of the French Treaty of Tientsin

Aucune société de commerce privilégiée ne pourra désormais s'établir en Chine, et il en sera de même de toute coalition organisée dans le but d'exercer un monopole sur le commerce. En cas de contravention au présent Article, les autorités chinoises, sur les représentations du consul ou de l'agent consulaire, aviseront aux moyens de dissoudre de semblables associations, dont elles s'efforceront d'ailleurs de prévenir l'existence par des prohibitions préalables, afin d'écarter tout ce qui pourrait porter atteinte à la libre concurrence.

There can be no question but that in view of the above the action of the Nankin Viceroy is illegal and contrary to treaty.

The British firms in Shanghai in order to protect their interests have agreed not to sell opium to the Government monopolists and in this they have the support of the Chinese Opium Guild which is controlled by natives of Swatow.

The Monopolist therefore finding himself unable to procure opium with which to crush the business of the old established firms

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Page 364 There are several issues with the given text due to OCR errors. The initial part appears to be garbled and doesn't form coherent sentences. However, towards the end, it transitions into a legible text discussing treaties and opium trade. Let's correct and format the text according to the given rules. The initial garbled text is likely due to severe OCR errors and doesn't seem to be salvageable. Thus, we will focus on the latter part that is legible. "Herchants, a fair and regular tariff of export and import customs and other dues, which tariff shall be publicly notified and promulgated for general information; and the Emperor further engages that, when British merchandise shall have once paid at any of the said ports the regulated customs and dues, agreeable to the tariff to be hereafter fixed, such merchandise may be conveyed by Chinese merchants to any province or city in the interior of the empire of China, on paying a further amount as transit duties, which shall not exceed ....... per cent on the tariff value of such goods". of 1858:- Article XIV of the French Treaty of Tientsin *Aucune société de commerce privilégiée ne pourra "désormais s'établir en Chine, et il en sera de même de toute coalition organisée dans le but d'exercer un monopole sur le commerce. En cas de contravention au présent Article, les autorités chinoises, sur les représentations du consul ou de l'agent consulaire, aviseront aux moyens de dissoudre de semblables associations, dont elles s'efforceront d'ailleurs de prévenir l'existence par des prohibitions préalables, afin d'écarter tout ce qui pourrait porter atteinte à la libre concurrence*. There can be no question but that in view of the above the action of the Nankin Viceroy is illegal and contrary to treaty. The British firms in Shanghai in order to protect their interests have agreed not to sell opium to the Government monopolists and in this they have the support of the Chinese Opium Guild which is controlled by natives of Swatow. The Monopolist therefore finding himself unable to procure opium with which to crush the business of the old established firms Page 364 Here is the corrected version in HTML format as requested: "Merchants, a fair and regular tariff of export and import customs and other dues, which tariff shall be publicly notified and promulgated for general information; and the Emperor further engages that, when British merchandise shall have once paid at any of the said ports the regulated customs and dues, agreeable to the tariff to be hereafter fixed, such merchandise may be conveyed by Chinese merchants to any province or city in the interior of the empire of China, on paying a further amount as transit duties, which shall not exceed ... per cent on the tariff value of such goods". of 1858: Article XIV of the French Treaty of Tientsin Aucune société de commerce privilégiée ne pourra désormais s'établir en Chine, et il en sera de même de toute coalition organisée dans le but d'exercer un monopole sur le commerce. En cas de contravention au présent Article, les autorités chinoises, sur les représentations du consul ou de l'agent consulaire, aviseront aux moyens de dissoudre de semblables associations, dont elles s'efforceront d'ailleurs de prévenir l'existence par des prohibitions préalables, afin d'écarter tout ce qui pourrait porter atteinte à la libre concurrence. There can be no question but that in view of the above the action of the Nankin Viceroy is illegal and contrary to treaty. The British firms in Shanghai in order to protect their interests have agreed not to sell opium to the Government monopolists and in this they have the support of the Chinese Opium Guild which is controlled by natives of Swatow. The Monopolist therefore finding himself unable to procure opium with which to crush the business of the old established firms
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I 364 пobradis of beiIsco al yonwoly mixuck erit aæsinu Jer svulle.. nisimos 101 BORUMO KAIN. ER fogonom # to noidsero bonogo, a ein .tw owl wait to asorivong si ni seins (IJ^wie Itw Jud Jaan D. NONÜ unit anotetent eved I atný art of done be ed til ronrevon and yon:!ivox &IF erij JI0uga lile ed sarit Jaunið og nožju sabianoo ein latik TWO to groc l'and beeoqung ein. janions gallusdong ni redhaNO to youd soek Mit einwonott a.gif est daunton rustadt in But.. of tripfi ab J. 1 160dam and dr. aunque acinolon and hot 0.6.2 num edasH Br J molitetnoo wo to trojica al Wandoo al 10:02. ^ Boqu T el -taniwollo - bl w LINDS 10 ouT dalind sad Derrynoo qui va sullo to dray NevoD (NT” Die Ew yiḤviɛ. foxe Into G. 100×89 36 gains adnanorəli" ajnarover: qnok be?! oatmuo".em enoniíío ntætreO" pawning sil te beannoia (kod bồn onw,(guck-00 10)* BRİNƏ SU Moreqa on. ‚ebog'шg all not Jnseniovoj" LIB JS **!zut ni soitoang tand nailoɗa oj 889136* va brojeniɛ91 „er: Bensioɔui nɛi, ik erodw a‡noq* anuljusenard ellusɔnsa xİQ NO VI:59 O3 1191. Jiray" LaitoqHI BiH bus ¡enasiy yort amoɛneg hoveJBAW Ndiw -mievoð dalibrƐ end us pay of anoxņs renunt yJzə(m?[" i10 e slob to noillim oumis to rwa erk then-* t to moɑ tatootdue nailing of oub atcion to ta0998* orwood əvi ona „gnoH-D (? Gunsins gnoĦ bina ens ou 16:10. to ELLSE #31AL YTOY SWo one be‚¿noviveni ."ysaejali ɔinnszinƐ nəн to ajosçauɛ" -lydaenj erise to X SÍÐASTA daiidates of a9e7gs said to Toneqrfī and viastek aiн” at to II #Iðið¬A yd era folow atroy ont iis ja" daiving to J10091 Bn. not nego пwordt od od adisionalf "Herchants, a fair and regular tariff of export and import customs and other dues, which tariff shall be "publicly notified and promulgated for general inform- "-ation; and the Emperor further engages that, when *British merchandise shall have once paid at any of "the said ports the regulated customs and dues, agree- *-able of the tariff to be hereafter fixed, such *merchandise may be conveyed by Chinese merchants to "any province or city in the interior of the empire of "China, on paying a further amount as transit duties, *which shall not exceed.......per cent on the tariff "value of such goods". of 1858:- Article XIV of the French Treaty of Tientsin *Aucune société de commerce privilégiée ne pourra "désormais s'établir en Chine, et il en sera de même "de toute coalition organisée dans le but d'exercer *un monopole sur le commerce. En cas de contravention *au présent Article, les autorités chinoises, sur les "représentations du consul ou de l'agent consulaire, "aviseront aux moyens de dissoudre de semblables "associations, dont elles s'efforceront d'ailleurs de "prévenir l'existence par des prohibitions préalables, *afin d'écarter tout ce qui pourrait porter atteinte la libre concurrence*. There can be no question but that in view of the above the action of the Nankin Viceroy is illegal and contrary to treaty. The British firms in Shanghai in order to protect their interests have agreed not to sell opium to the Government monopolists and in this they have the support of the Chinese Opium Guild which is controlled by natives of Swatow. The Monopolist therefore finding himself unable to procure opium with which to crush the business of the old established firms
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пobradis of beiIsco al yonwoly mixuck erit aæsinu Jer svulle..

nisimos 101 BORUMO KAIN. ER

fogonom # to noidsero bonogo, a ein

.tw owl wait to asorivong si ni seins (IJ^wie Itw

Jud Jaan D. NONÜ unit anotetent eved I

atný art of done be ed til ronrevon and yon:!ivox &IF

erij JI0uga lile ed sarit Jaunið og nožju sabianoo ein latik

TWO to groc l'and beeoqung ein. janions gallusdong ni redhaNO

to youd soek Mit einwonott a.gif est daunton rustadt in But..

of tripfi ab J. 1 160dam and dr. aunque acinolon and hot 0.6.2

num edasH

Br J molitetnoo wo to trojica al

Wandoo al 10:02. ^ Boqu

T

el

-taniwollo

- bl w

LINDS 10 ouT dalind sad

Derrynoo qui va sullo to dray NevoD (NT”

Die Ew yiḤviɛ. foxe Into G. 100×89 36 gains adnanorəli"

ajnarover: qnok be?! oatmuo".em enoniíío ntætreO"

pawning sil te beannoia (kod bồn onw,(guck-00 10)*

BRİNƏ SU Moreqa on. ‚ebog'шg all not Jnseniovoj"

LIB JS **!zut ni soitoang tand nailoɗa oj 889136*

va brojeniɛ91 „er: Bensioɔui nɛi, ik erodw a‡noq*

anuljusenard ellusɔnsa xİQ NO VI:59 O3 1191. Jiray"

LaitoqHI BiH bus ¡enasiy yort amoɛneg hoveJBAW Ndiw

-mievoð dalibrƐ end us pay of anoxņs renunt yJzə(m?["

i10 e slob to noillim oumis to rwa erk then-*

t

to moɑ tatootdue nailing of oub atcion to ta0998*

orwood əvi ona „gnoH-D (? Gunsins gnoĦ bina ens

ou 16:10. to ELLSE #31AL YTOY SWo one be‚¿noviveni

."ysaejali ɔinnszinƐ nəн to ajosçauɛ"

-lydaenj erise to X SÍÐASTA

daiidates of a9e7gs said to Toneqrfī and viastek aiн”

at to II #Iðið¬A yd era folow atroy ont iis ja"

daiving to J10091 Bn. not nego пwordt od od adisionalf

"Herchants, a fair and regular tariff of export and

import customs and other dues, which tariff shall be

"publicly notified and promulgated for general inform-

"-ation; and the Emperor further engages that, when *British merchandise shall have once paid at any of

"the said ports the regulated customs and dues, agree-

*-able of the tariff to be hereafter fixed, such

*merchandise may be conveyed by Chinese merchants to

"any province or city in the interior of the empire of

"China, on paying a further amount as transit duties,

*which shall not exceed.......per cent on the tariff

"value of such goods".

of 1858:-

Article XIV of the French Treaty of Tientsin

*Aucune société de commerce privilégiée ne pourra "désormais s'établir en Chine, et il en sera de même

"de toute coalition organisée dans le but d'exercer

*un monopole sur le commerce. En cas de contravention

*au présent Article, les autorités chinoises, sur les

"représentations du consul ou de l'agent consulaire,

"aviseront aux moyens de dissoudre de semblables

"associations, dont elles s'efforceront d'ailleurs de

"prévenir l'existence par des prohibitions préalables,

*afin d'écarter tout ce qui pourrait porter atteinte

*à la libre concurrence*.

There can be no question but that in view

of the above the action of the Nankin Viceroy is illegal and

contrary to treaty.

The British firms in Shanghai in order to

protect their interests have agreed not to sell opium to the

Government monopolists and in this they have the support of the

Chinese Opium Guild which is controlled by natives of Swatow.

The Monopolist therefore finding himself unable to procure

opium with which to crush the business of the old established

firms

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