THE FRIEND OF CHINA,
CONB
BONGBONG
GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
VICTORIA, THURADAY SEP
NOTIFICATION. THE publication of the Hongkong Ga- zette under the authority of Government, will be discontinued from this date: but all public orders and notifications appearing "The Friend of China and Hongkong Gazette," with the signatures of duly au- thorized Functionaries of the Government are still to be considered as official.
By order
In
ROBT: MORRISON,, Acting Secretary and Treasurer. Hongkong, March, 23rd. 1842.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. Linguist must again go to the Hoppo's office to get
(To the Editor of the Friend of China.)
Sin
I must through your paper respectfully call the attention of the civil authorities of Hongkong to the humiliating burials of our seamen in the Harbor, so (if possible) to deposit the bodies of the men that die that they may be induced, to grant piece of
ground
in H. M. Hospital Ship. It must be most painful to the feelings of every person who is aware of the fact, to know that the emany dead" of the "Minden" are not granted the cominon interment given to the corpses of the felons that die in an English jail, but are taken out to sea, and thrown overboard by their reluc tant messmates who from their position in the service
His Excellency the Governor and Commander-in-a Chief being about to proceed for a short time to Macao, ublic Service, is pleased to announce that he will continue to carry on all his duties as Governor, &c., during his absence.
on the Public
All Letters and Reports to be sent as usual to the vernment House whence they will be forwarded.
By order,
RICHARD WOOSNAM.
Government House, Victoria, Hong-Kong, 24th August 1843.
GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS.
are unable to express their disapprobation, and whose footsteps on shore can never take them to the grave of lost friend, they can erect no tombstone to mark his remains and a father or a son though he may shed
a
tear for his loss, can never in privacy drop it on the navy; they have applied (at least I have been told so earth that hides the dead. It is not the fault of the
from good authority), for ground, but have been refus Go-ed on account of want of room. Surelrat in Hongkong
no spot can be given to the men that gained the Is- land. to rest their bones in, bury them on the Cowloom side, the Chinese would offer no opposition, and a hostile feeling would never teach them to disturb or insult the remains of our people. 3
A dead body sewed up in a hammock and sunk with four shot,naturally rests on the bottom, is rapidly dos- troyed by the vermin that live in the deposit the shot falls out of the sacking and the body highly de- In consequence of the lamented death of the composed rises to the surface, perhaps in sight of the Honorable J. R. Morrison, the Reverend Charles ship he belonged to. No less then four bodies in that Gutzlaff is nominated to the vacant situations of state, partially exposed, have been in the harbor this Chinese Secretary, to Her Majesty's Superintend-week, a harrowing and disgusting spectacle to a class ent of Trade, and to the Government of Hong. of men who may probably share their fate kong.
Mr. Gutzlaff will remain at Chusan until ar- rangements can be made for relieving him of his present duties
Mr. Samuel Marjoribanks is confirmed in the Medical Charge, of the Consulate at Canton, and is to be considered, to have held that charge from the 1st of April last.
Both the preceding Appointments are subject to the confirmation of Her Majesty's Government.
By Order of His Excellency the Clief Superin- tendent of Trade &c., &c., &c.
RICHARD WOOSNAM.
Macao; 1st September, 1843.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Ir is hereby notified that John Rickett, Esq., British Consular Agent at Macao, is authorized to lery fees so far ey are applicable to his Office and Duties agreeable to the Government Notification un te the 22nd of July last. **By Order of His Excellency the Chief Superin-
tendent of Trade &c. &c. do.
It is not
a feeling of mawkish sensibility that makes me this, but a common respect for the my countrymen, Every one know consequence where a body decompones. the solitude and darkness of a sepulchre to
light and the gaze of men, for the remains of Eng men, when it can be given them without encroaching
the rights of the living.
on
Victoria, Harbour, 5th September, 1843.
H.
PETITION OF THE CHINESE LINGUISTS.
To the Foreign Merchants,
Resident at Canton.
We, the undersigned, Linguists, beg respectfully to call the attention of the Foreign Merchants residing at Canton, to the necessity of making some new arran- gements for the remuneration of our services, suited to the altered state of the times.
Previously, we received an allowance called "tam- tow" or
being a of so much per picul ou all goo
Landed. picul
frough
This being included in the
price
een the foreign an and we received it from the Hopp
nnum. When the new order of nearly a month ago the said
RICHARD WOOSNAM.
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Macao, 6th September 1848,
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the Hoppo's people to come out to examine the goods," and must send four assistants to help to weigh and measure the po
goods, arrange marks and numbers, open the Boxes and Baler, count the pieces, and arrange for sending every Merchants goods to the place where he stored. When cargo is being shipped off, the Linguist goes to the different Merchants and gets their statement of what they are going to ship. After having written out a correct list, the Linguist requires to go to the Hoppo's to get his people to come out and examine the goods, and requires, as in the previous instances, to have some four people standing by, to open Boxes, arrange marks and numbers &c., &c., and after. wards, be has to go to the different Merchants to o get their shipping notes. When the vessel is about to de part, the Linguist requires to go over the statement of duties, and apportion to each man his share, and ha- tring completed all minor arrangements, he must go
again to the Hoppo's to procure the Grand Chop.
ciently annoying in themselves, but too minute to be Such are the principal services rendered by the Lin- goist to the Foreign Trade, besides many others, suffi- detailed here. The new system too, gives us much more to do in the way of writing and running about, than the old system, besides, previously we always had some assistance from the HongMerchants pursers, and people, where as, now we are cast entirely on our own
resources,
Of the various ways of charging remuneration for our services, many are objectionable. If we cha
charge so much a ship, a large ship may give us no trouble, and a small ship may be very troublesome. Charging per the hard working man on the same footing as the man month is objectionable, in as much as it would place
chop, is with all that may be argued against it, perhaps who does comparatively little, Charging zo much per
the least objectionable of all. But the old rule will re. quire some modification. If we were to continue to charge 15.22 upon all chope of import cargo, and ung upon export cargo, on that case, when a ship:
full and went away empty, we should gain comparatively easily, on the other ha, hen ved in ballast and went away full, we mig a deal of trouble and no remuneration whatever. After maturely cous
ious points of the ve resolved to make the following charges
for our services, which are respectfully submitted for
your kind consideration, VII,
On all Chop-boat inwards
On all Chop-boats outwards
12 810
This is understood to be exclusive of the charge of 12 paid to the Chop-boat man, and Coolie hire, but all other expenses are to be considered as included in the above.
As chops vary much in size, we beg to state what we consider the quantity of cargo as represented by a chop; vIZ. ———
INWARDS
Bombay Cotton Bengal Cotton Woollens, Sp. Strips Long Elb
70 Bales.
80 Bales,
140
140 do. of 20
140 do. of 1
100 do. of 50 100 do w abou
Collon Yarn
of this description
000 catties Pros.
30.000 catties gross
50,000 catties grom
50.000 catties gross
30,000 calties gross "our- attention to the above,
Victor
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thority for
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PROCLA
(Signed)