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the trade are exorbitant when

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Mr.

Mr.

Mr. C. J. Jeffries.

Mr. A. J. Dawe.

Sir H. Moore.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

DRAFT.

compared with those ordinarily

charged, and it may well be that

once trade between Hong Kong

and Canton by the present channels

has reached considerable propor-

heavy

tions, there will be decorerfiel

pressure in favour of the

restoration of less burdensome

FURTHER ACTION.

methods of transport.

3.

The Secretary of State

is inclined to agree that it is

not desirable at present to make

any formal protest to the Japanese

authorities on the subject, but

he