From tae "Cama Man."
Amoy, 18th September.
H. M.S. Iphigenia has' finally left our port for Hongkong with the good wishes "everyone in the community. She came at a critical time and rendered important service when things looked black. The trouble with the customs is practically at an end, though a sore feeling still remains in the minds of all classes of the Chinese for what they cousiler the injustice that has been done them. 'I'he Commissioner of Customs has made such concessions that-the merchants and traders feel that business can be carried on without that perpetual friction that ultimately led to the recent nut. He has notified to the public three ings that seem to be accepted as a solution of the difficulty, viz (1) That there shall be no collection of duty on miscellaneous articles of small value either on the launches or native passage boats that come in and oubof th port, As the gravest injustice was said to have been perpetrated on these the satisfaction of the travelling public is of course very great. etd (2) It is declared that the old tariff shall once more some into force and dues will be levied according to that. It is difficult for an outsider to know exactly what this means. The business men understand and as they are satis hed it must be something good.
Any person who is aggrieved, squeezed or mulcted in any way will have the power to petition either to the Commissioner or he aifengting magistrate, when his case will be carefully investigated, and he will have his wrongs redressed. This last is a very important point as the Chinese dec hire that all their attempts to get a hearing. fom' the Commissioner were frustrated and consequently there were no appeals against decisions that they felt were unjust and severe. It is " great pity that the concessions which have put an end to the strike were not made earlier. Tr seems to the ordinary business man that there should never have been any need for strike, The concessions simply hand
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