The Treaty Illegality of the Transit Dues and Lekin Taxes Actually Levied by the Chinese Government: Demonstrated in a Series of Letters to the North-

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Excerpt from The Treaty Illegality of the Transit Dues and Lekin Taxes Actually Levied by the Chinese Government: Demonstrated in a Series of Letters to the "North-China Daily News" Under the Signature of "Mercator"It is a singular circumstance, that Lord Elgin's meaning of the transit duty clauses should have been brought into the discussion regarding them, by those who coincide with the Chinese view of the case. The introduction of such collateral evidence serves, however, to prove that the text of the treaty and the rule, by itself, is not so clearly in favor of the Chinese Government's view of the matter as has been maintained, for otherwise, the testimony of Lord Elgin would not have been appealed to in its support.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.