To the Editor of the Norra-Cama Darr News.
Sm,—Foreigners of all nationalities hailed with satisfaction the recent announcement that the British Minister had obtained China's consent to the opening of the internal waterways of China to navigation by foreign steamers, and have since been looking forward to some notification of the rules necessary for the regulation of such traffic, It may not therefore be out of place to call attention to a qualification of the above concession mentioned in the Overland Mail of the 26th of February which is as follows, and which purports to be the official communication of the Foreign Office to the English newspapers "The internal waterways of China will be opened to British and other steamers in the course of June next, so that, wherever the use of native boats #3 novo permitted by treaty foreigners shall be equally allowed to employ steamers or steam launch: whether owned by them or by Chinese."
The words underlined form the point of the whole subject and I shall be glad to know if any one can explain what they mean or what the condition implies. Tam, etc., WF 2nd April.
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