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5.

It seem to me perfectly clear that

the Kuangtung Government aims in these regulations at

establishing and has in effect established an opium mono-

-poly in the Kuangtung Province. This is a direct infrac-

-tion of Article 14 of the Treaty of Friendship,

Commerce,

and Navigation between China and France, signed at Tientsin

on the 27th. June, 1858, which reads as follows:-

"Aucune société de commerce

"privilégieé ne pourra désormais s'établir en Chine,

et

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"il en sera de même de toute coalition organises dans le

"but d'exercer une monopole sur le commerce. En cas de

"contravention en présent Article les autorités Chinoises,

"sur les représentations du Consul ou de l'agent consulaire

"aviseront aus moyens de dissoudre de semblables associat-

"-ion dont elles s'efforceront d'ailleurs, de prevenir

"l'existence par des prohibitions préalables, afin d'écar-

"-ter tout ce qui pourrait porter atteinte à la libre

"concurrence".

6.

The additional article to the

Agreement between Great Britain and China signed at Chefoo

on the 13th. September, 1876, and ratified on the 6th.

May, 1886, provides that Raw Opium shall, upon importa-

-tion into China, be placed in bond until it has paid to

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