Papers Relating to the Opium Trade in China, 1842-1856 : Presented to the House of Commons By Command of Her Majesty, 1857
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It would be difficult to make a Chinese official feel the moral difference between taking a bonus on prohibited goods, and articles licitly admissible.
No. 24.
Dr. Bowring to the Earl of Malmesbury. — {Received April 2.) (Extract.) Hong Kong, February 5, 1853.
I HAVE the honour to accompany copy of a despatch, dated Shanghfie, January 29, which I have just received from Mr, Consul Alcock.
Reports have been for some time current, that the extreme necessity of the Imperial Treasury ha4 led to a r...econsideration of the proposal to make the legal importation of foreign opium a source of revenue. The subject was several times discussed during the reign of the late Emperor Taou-Kwaqg ; and on one occasion a decree legalizing the import of opium was prepared by the Ministers for the Emperor's approval. When the Imperial pleasure was finally taken, Taou- Kwang prohibited any further reference to the proposal, and said he ''' could not change face," i. e., alter his course.
33 Inclosure in No.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It would be difficult to make a Chinese official feel the moral difference between taking a bonus on prohibited goods, and articles licitly admissible.
No. 24.
Dr. Bowring to the Earl of Malmesbury. — {Received April 2.) (Extract.) Hong Kong, February 5, 1853.
I HAVE the honour to accompany copy of a despatch, dated Shanghfie, January 29, which I have just received from Mr, Consul Alcock.
Reports have been for some time current, that the extreme necessity of the Imperial Treasury ha4 led to a r...econsideration of the proposal to make the legal importation of foreign opium a source of revenue. The subject was several times discussed during the reign of the late Emperor Taou-Kwaqg ; and on one occasion a decree legalizing the import of opium was prepared by the Ministers for the Emperor's approval. When the Imperial pleasure was finally taken, Taou- Kwang prohibited any further reference to the proposal, and said he ''' could not change face," i. e., alter his course.
33 Inclosure in No.
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