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HARBOR RULES FOR SHANGHAI., February 23, 1878
[Inclosure 1 in No. 411.]
HARBOR RULES FOR SHANGHAI.
Memorandum of changes made by Prince Kung, in his dispatch of January 31, 1878, submitting the rules to the diplomatic body.
- —In the last sentence of the covering dispatch, after the words, “and to request that,” the clause, “if they meet your approval,” is inserted.
- —The preamble to the rules was omitted both from the original and the amended dispatches.
CHESTER HOLCOMBE.
Peking, February 23, 1878.
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