1o. 28. VOL. 1
THE FRIEND OF CHINA,
AND
WONGBONG
GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
NOTERRIATION.
⠀ THE pubnention of the Hongkong Ga zette under the authority of Government will be discontinued from this date : but all public orders and notifications appearing in The Friend of China and Hongkong Ga- zetto” with the signatures of duly autho rized Functionaries of the Government are still to be considered as official.
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By order,
J. Robt: Morrison, Acting Secretary and
Hongkong, March, 23rd. 1842.
We understand, from Authority, that the following will be the distribution of the Land Force to be left in China.
AT HONGKONG. The whole of H. M. 98th Regiment, one wing of H. M. 55th Regi- ment, and one wing of the 41% Madras Natvo Infantry. A company of Royal Artillery, and a detachment of Sappers and Miners. Major General Lord Saltoun Commander in Chief in China. Head Quarters at Hong- kong.
AT KOOLONGSOO. One wing H. M. 18th Royal Irish, one wing 41st Madras Native Infantry. A detachment of Royal Artil- lery and a company of Sappers and Mi- Captain Apthorp, and Lieutenant Call of the 18th Royal Irish, Commanding Of- ficers.
nens.
A
AT CHUSAN. The whole of the 2nd Ma- dras Native Infantry, one wing H. M. 55th Regiment, one wing 18th Royal Irish company of Madras Artillery, and a de- tachment of Sappers and Miners. Lieut. Elphinstone, of the Madras Army, Com- mandant.
Dr. Graham will be Medical Store-keep-
er in
part
young prisoners pocket, no paper.
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told
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the prisoners who men, whom dwa came and took us up.
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The prisoners were soutanced to 50 Lashes each, to 4 months imprisonment with hard labour, and the children were freed.
SEPTEMBER 8th.
bary
charged by Alop with
Alop deposes on the 26th of last whan in the Cap-sin-moon
who robbed us of 280 taels property, the property
arrows, 4-bows, 3 swords, and Chisels, some medicine
Captain and stationed at Hongkong. | fishing knives, 28 spears, o
some
Ramsay is appointed to Superin- tend all the Commissariat in China, to be attached to the Head Quarters at Hong- kong. This efficient officer, however, has seriously suffered in health for time past, and leaves China shortly on sick certificate for six months. The Commis- sariat duties are at present satisfactorily performed by Captain D. Bamfield of the Bengal Volunteers.
BEFORE THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE.
Aveier 31st. – “Aaring and Achim" charged by sc" with kindnapping two Children.
Asze states, I am a carpenter of Mr Oswalds yesterday I went down to one of the passenger from Canton to buy some Hanks and then I sa brother Awer crying, I then asked him was there, he told me, that the Prisoner kidnapped him at "Canton" and deceived him
would take him to a place called CẢ only one nights journey from
he would give him one work, and half a dollar per month after the priso ceived and coaxed him down to the boat, more than 3 days, then "Awa”
napped by the prisoners and he While I was asking my brother
men on board, the Pirates one Gun at us, it did not
come on board, and we ga partook of it, Corner of the 11 They asked for
ed.
extending to Dolla
proving to be
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12 yearly
The Prisoner denion
on qyer seeing – Ammon, any thing to say to the Pus. Knows"
Society or the people who sold pork ont shop, can produce the testimony of all the In the Bazaar, produces a petition signed by ope in the Bazaar, securing him as a proper The card was adjourned until the 9th the Examination was rosumed then the 24 Shop om the Bamar appeared in Court to boar limony in favour of the Prisoner. The Plaintiff produces 3 papers stated to belong to One named Ally, is brought into Court, the papers declares he never saw them before his own particular pass is singled out, & shown to him
izon ho never uw it before and knows nothing of the matter. Moreover the papers produ
day which appear for similar of that of verter- seem to me quite news and not at all resembled the they are stated to be of from 1 to 3 months standing, Taking all into consideration the Chief Magistrato said, I fully acquit the Prisoner and I sentence Asse Corporal punishment of 80 strokes for his false
NOTES ON JAVA AND ITS PRODUCTS
COFFEE
(Continued from our last number.) .. This staple of the Island, appears generally to in Rows, the trees four or five feet po planted
art and the rows seven to nine feet wide; instead them as in the West Indies when 4 f or feet high, they are allowed to grow till they are or 9 feet and sometimes to 10 or 15 feet high.
the Government Garden near Bandong, they not topped or pruned at all, and allowed to grow to large trees, some of which we saw varied from ten to twenty five feet high. From eight to twelve feet however seems to be preferred, as the large trees only produce, fruits in such parts as happen to have fresh shoots sind are green, för a great part is generally naked or too thick to bear. In the Government Garden, the land is only weeded and it
consequently a large forest of Cof- trees, and the Shade in some places is so com- that the sun is never able to penetrate. The hered by means of long bamboo steps the gathering continues during several months. barnes begin to ripen in May and go on to October or November,
In choosing land for the Coffee gardens care was taken to leave a few forest trees for shade, but this plan is not now found to answer and the system is now given up. Dadap trees are how- all planted with Coffee in every third row. mode seems approved, as they afford a and are said to protect the coffee trees winds which sometimes prevail. in many places used for shade. ge produce per tree will not exceed
to lo of dry Coffee. One estate which we over consisted of 1500 Acres, it had planted and a half of tre The whole was the care of one Europ Superintendent, season favorable, and the people ing the berries. It is from this estate 5500 Pi-
400 tons of dry Coffee; giving +
umply drying the tting it into a mill to yone buffalo, into which a hard offee. Machinery
nothing