Those of us who are so far romerod from you well-favoured dwellers at the coast don't know everything that is happening in the world, but just now we have faint idea that some proposal is under discussion for the removal of all barriers to internal trade. Those of us who live under the shadow of Customs barriers, and who have sometimes to quietly and politely listen to some southern captain, as he tells us his grievances, and squeezes, and demands for duty notwithstanding' his foreign transit pass, emile and wonder how Chinese Customs are to be dono away with Here if a log of wood comes down river it has to pay Customs duty; if a few bamboo brooms of native work are brought to the city for sale they have to pay duty, and L know of nothing pissing that barrier in the way of trade which is not dutiable: Of course there are some things, but a new boat going through for the first time is not one 'a them. Are the barriers to be done away with altogether, and are native goods to be allowed a free pass throughout this Innd? If s0 the nation which accomplishes that would earn the lasting gratitude of every business man in China, but if Customs barriers are to be left to collect native custom:, then pity the poor man the tries to get past this local barrier with what he thinks are undutiable goods, OF course, as Tray, we so far away from your happy centre don't know everything, and if we did we might blush as we write, Only the other day "under 3 transit passo $200 as duty; he cim: to me for help. As man here was led upon to By about: I do not help in such matters I did not hear any more of his case, but his is not a solitary one.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.