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the estimated import to China was in 1907 in excess of the

actual amount viz.:- 51,000 as against 47,141; that the

actual imports fell in 1908 by considerably more than the

estimated one-tenth of the previous year's import and were

in fact only 41,851 as against 45,900 according to, the

Indian Government estimate. They show further that in 1909

(for the reasons given) not only was there no decrease but

an actual increase on the year before, and an increase

even on the quantity, estimated by the Indian Government.

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The Chinese Government who had

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possibly never appreciated that there were 16,000 chests

exported for other countries, protested against this

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apparent violation of the decennial agreement, and when it

was explained to them, they asked that they might mark

the chests in Calcutta which were destined for China. The

Indian Government I understand undertook to do so beginning

in January, 1911.

I explained to Mr. Levy that in so

doing the Indian Government were only acting up to the

spirit of the agreement with China, and I could not

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identify myself with any protest against their action. He

contended that 16,000 chests could not possibly be con-

-sumed outside China and that a large part of this amount

barbat