The following is a summary of second reply to Ri tions concerning the establishment of Chinese monopolies have no real foundation, According to Article 12 of the Treaty of 1881, Ro of free trade, Kashgarin and places near the. Tienshan range, Rarsians have also} the right to import into, and to export! out of, the places, all kinds of foreign Ast redact ply to it only regelations for la local products, and those! regelations do not allow it to be sold. To regard to this, special arrangements were made in 1907 respecting the export of tea from Ili and Tarbagatai, and Articles 3 and 4 of that agreement! ¢vnfirm the stipulations of the Treaty of 1881, Iefollows that the establishment of a tea monopoly cannot have any bearing on the declaration made by the Rnesian Government that rest iota were being plsced on Rossi through mono; diss. Moreov merchants are authorized to purchase from there Chinese Corporations, condition, however, thi submit to the existing rales prohibiting the ea of merchandise during transit.
'As regard Mixed Cuart procedure its bearing upon the Guan I Shan'
case, we submit that was concluded by the settlement of the: case in question by Mixed Cuurt proeedare.
With reference to beading questions that hava accumulated in Kino and the alleged illegal acts of the Kasb-Bar authorities, we have already given instructions for these matters to be terminated ins friendly ith treaty stipel opportune to renew these instractions in order to meet the of Russia.
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