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breach of the promise given.
,, ^ h ® Secretary of State enquired, on
the 24th June 1906, whether the Government
of India had received any recent information
regarding the removal of the Taotai which
might render necessary a further remonstrance
at Peking. Ihe Government of Burma have
forwarded the detailed report of Messrs.
Imton and Leveson on the examination of the
boundary. The report is under consideration
10. With reference to paragraph 14 of
the Memorandum for May 1905, regarding
supervision over the Burma-China Boundary
between the Nam Ting and the Nalawt, His
Majesty’s Government have approved of the
suggestion made by Sir E. Satow to ignore the
Chinese proposals for a further joint enquiry,
and the Secretary of State has directed that
such measures as are possible should be taken
to exercise supervision over the boundary.
The Government of Burma were accordingly
instructed to supply the Government of India
with further details as to the measures which
they propose to adopt.
11. With reference to paragraph 16 of the
Memorandum for May 1905, the British Consul
at Yunnan-fu has forwarded a further report
regarding the Chinese railway from Yunnan-
fu to Ssuchuan, stating that the Chinese
propose engaging British Engineers for the
purpose of surveying and constructing the
line.
12. The British Consul at Tengyueh
invited the attention of the Burma Govern
ment to the decline in trade between Burma
and Tengyueh and to the general depression
in trade in Yunnan. He attributed it to the
block in the opium export of Western Yunnan,
and suggested that, as a temporary measure
and while the land routes are closed, the opium
merchants of Western Yunnan should be per
mitted to export opium to Canton through
Burma on payment of the full import duty
and transit dues. The Government of Burma
submitted the proposal for the consideration of
the Government of India.
The Government of India replied, how
ever, that, as the whole question of the transit
of Yunnan opium through Burma to China
is under the consideration of His Majesty’s
Government, they did not consider it expedient
to take any further action in the matter, even
as a temporary measure, until the Secretary
of State’s orders are received.
SIAM.
13. Mr. Andrew, the Assistant Political
Officer, Kengtung, has forwarded a bnet
report of his visit to the Siamese border and
of his meeting with the Siamese Commissioner,