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4th. to the 10th. instant in order to consider the protest.
I assured him of my sympathy in the matter of the illegal
restrictions lately imposed by the Viceroy of Canton, and
added that I should have no objection to sending a tele-
-gram in the terms of that attached as enclosure 2. He
agreed and I accordingly despatched the telegram. I have
submitted the foregoing resume in the hope that it may be
of interest, and I trust that my action has your approval.
P.S.
I have the honour to be.
sir,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
Hangarg
Governor,&c..
Since writing the above I have received a
reply from the Governor-General of India..(Copy attached.)
It may perhaps be well for me to elaborate
at somewhat greater length the argument concerning the
16,000 chests exported by India for countries other than
China. It will be remembered that the proposal of China was
to limit the amount of Opium which might be imported into
China. This would have left the Indian Government free to
export over-seas as much as they wished without any
diminution. Being aware, however, of China's inability to
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