§ MR. HOPWOODasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is the fact, as currently stated, that the Chinese Government has imposed an additional tax of three and a-half taels per cent., or other amount, on tea, under the name of "Li-kin dues?"
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEHer Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Pekin telegraphs that no such dues have been imposed.