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H. B. M. '::; CoK~ ULATE GENEliAL,<br />

CAN'I'Ol\, July 31st, <strong>1903</strong>.<br />

Sm,-I Jmye the ltouom to acknowledge the receipt <strong>of</strong> your despatch<br />

<strong>of</strong> the 30th instant, coYering copy <strong>of</strong> your letter to H. M.'s Chargt'•<br />

d'Affaires in Peking protesting against the new opium tax.<br />

I beg to thank you for :::o cou rteou~ly communicating to me a copy<br />

<strong>of</strong> this letter, anJ I £eel that your action and protest will greatly strengthen<br />

my hanu:; in baYing the objectionable tax remowd. Yom· views<br />

as expressed in the l

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