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go beyond the sơmil tions specially agreed
upon at the Tashington donferense, and any inoressa of
tariff should of course be sonditional on the effective
abolition of the internal duties known as lakin.
A
ther essential condition is that a certain
propertion of
the forayment of
Customs Revenue should be alloɑstal to
Province.
Tals appears to me to be a very difficult problem,
because I fool sure that Canton vill never be zɛtisf2 në
unless they have a considerable share in any inere: sed
duties, whilst Peking Government will endeavour 168
utmost to prevent
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Provision should be made that the proportion of inemand
deties alloasted to sash Provinse should be paid over either
direct by the Inspector General, or by a special board so
be created at the Conference.
It is unecessary for no to say that every endeaVOVY
should be made to include the different railway loans
guaranteed by the surplus of the Custons ReremEN »
I am oenfident that if the Powers hold fire the thinsæ
Goverment will be only too glad to accede to the above terms.
simple panson that they are desperately shart of
Party interest
for
to carry on the present Governmerk.
cerata for so much namdays in Ghing that each party wante to ko bay while the aim shines”, and would rather accept
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