Reforms in China.
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(Per Press Association.) London, August 23. The Marquis of Salisbury declare: that China's claim for double foreigi duty principally meets with favorabl< reception in Shanghai and Hong Kong where the commercial men are qmti prepared to accept an increased imposi tion, provided that the likin or inlam tax on foreign goods is not exacted. L Hung Chang, referring to the above ■ays that China is quite willing to opei the whole of her seaboard trade, bu will not consent to the removal of thi likin. He oonsiders it probable in th< event of the concession of increased duties that China will borrow fifty mil lion sterling for purposes of construct ting railways, and to increase her fleet
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 47, 24 August 1896, Page 3
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126Reforms in China. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 47, 24 August 1896, Page 3
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