Foreign Office: Chinese Secretary's Office, Various Embassies and Consulates, China: General Correspondence. SECTION TWO FO 682/1993/21

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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. Ho Kuei-ch'ing to Bruce. Macao, unlike Hong Kong, is Chinese territory. British merchants exporting Chinese goods from Macao should pay export duties. The two British vessels that loaded tea in Macao and then came to Whampoa must therefore pay export duties before they sail again. 10 pages.
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  • United Kingdom
  • Nineteenth Century
  • English ships and Macau