Show CHINESE CUSTOMS RATES A Memorandum Alleged to Been Left by LI Hnng Cluing WASHINGTON Oct 22Li Hung Chang when he visited Washington conferred with Secretary Carlisle as to certain changes contemplated in the Chinese customs rates As Secretary Olney was not at the time in the city the Chinese ambassador ambassa-dor left with the Chinese legation here a memorandum printed in English French and Chinese in which the changes are set forth The changes make the duties payable pay-able in gold or its equivalent instead of silver taels Li Hung Chang stated that silver taels were authorized to be used In paying custom duties in Tao Kwangs time and continued with change until the dynasty of tEen Fung Since then the value of silver has declined he says and in justice to China which has now established international in-ternational relations both the necessities ne-cessities of the day and considerations of what is fair and right demand that the original value of the customs tad be reenumerated and that the value of silver at which China consented to collect duties viz three taels to the pound be observed and adhered to |