Foreign Office: Chinese Secretary's Office, Various Embassies and Consulates, China: General Correspondence. SECTION TWO FO 682/1972/34

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Foreign Office: Chinese Secretary's Office, Various Embassies and Consulates, China: General Correspondence. SECTION TWO: DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND BRITISH AUTHORITIES 1839-1860. Liu K'ai-yü and Sub-Magistrate Chiang Li-ang of Macao to C. Elliot. Transmit Teng T'ing-cheng's edict: endorses Elliot's view that opium smugglers are damaging the cause of proper trade, and his proposal to lay down regulations to put legal trade on sound footing; will send official to Macao to discuss formulation of regulations with British and Portuguese authorities. 13 pages.
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  • United Kingdom
  • Nineteenth Century
  • The sale of opium in Macau