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NOTIFICATION.
of
WITH reference to the Notification path
in of on the 14th July 1843, Notice is hereby given that the Chinese Inhabitants of Hongkong will be per mitted from this date to remain out at night until 11 P. M.; but it is indispensable that they carry with them a large lanthern and light.
By Order,
W. CAINE. Chief Magistrate of Police.
Police Office, Victoria 8th Nov,, 1844.
GOVERNMENT BILLS,
*
NOTICE is hereby given, that drawn by
THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONG-KONG GAZETTE.
act as but a stepping stone to the infinitely more im- portant matter of preaching the Gospel. With this view and this only, did the Reveritis Stathat place for self make application to the authorities at permission to commence our work. Their previous personal-acquaintance with the Rev. J. L. Shuck as well as with the efforts he had formerly made at Kow. toon induced them to offer us the choice of their heathen temples for a dispensary. That gentleman accom- panied by some of the native assistants attached to one of the Chinese Baptist Churches will devote himself to the promulgation of the Gospel during dispensary
hours.
We regard it as a fixed principle not to engage in sny employment whether medical or otherwise which is not intimately connected with the direct teaching and preaching of the Gospel.
We have the honor to be
N° His Excellency The Gove thor on the Supreme Baptist Mission premises,
Yours with respect," THUS, T. DEVAN.
Victoria, 11th November, 18ft.
ENGLAND
Government of Indin,and by the undersigned on the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, can be obtained at this Office until further notice, on written applications in the usual ford; and that the entes of Exchange fixed for the present month (November) are the following viz BILLS ON CALCUTTA, Two hundred and twenty SYDNEY
UNITED STATES CALCUTTA
BOMBAY
8
LATEST DATES.
Anr. July I
Oct: 2
Sept. 10 July 17
(220) Company's Rupees for One hundred, (100) Mexican Dollars, and-
MADRAS
Sept
SINGAPORE Oct. 19 MANILA
Oct. 15 CHUSAN Oct. 8 SHANGHAI Oct. 4 Foo.cnow-roo Qet. .8 Амо
Oct. 25
BATAVIA
Sept. 4
of the Governor and council to acknowledge the down the amount for the year at $2,500,000 receipt of your letter of the 4th inst.
and an equal sum for the other three ports with
The Governor and Council having had recourse
to the only measure left open to them, consis tently with the respect due to themselves, when an improper memorial was addressed to them, are equally prepared, on the other hand, to accept the expressions of regret contained in your present communication; and I am directed to say, that those assurances, on your part, have given the Governor and Council great satisfaction.
Messrs. T. A. Gilib, Donald Matheson, and Augustus Caster.
To
I have the honor to be, Gentlemen
Your most obdt. humble Servant, (Signed) A. E. SHELLEY,
Clerk of Councils.
(True copy).
Last week, we published officially, Mr. MacGregor's admirably drawn up tables of the British import and export trade at the port of Canton for the six months ending with June. These documents, as the first of a scries, which we expect will be published every six months,
"BILLS ON LONDON, Forty nine pence, (49d.) THE FRIEND OF CHINA, to the mercantile world, will possess much in
Sterling for one Mexican Dollar,
the value payable in Mexican Dollars or Rupees at the option of the purchaser,
EDWARD PINE COFFIN, C. G,
Commissariat Victoria,
1st November, 1844.
BUILDINGS REQUIRED
FOR
MILITARY PURPOSES. THE Respective Officers of the Ordnance. Department, are still open to receive TENDERS from Merchants or others, for the hire of Buildings for Military purposes, both as regards QUARTERS FOR OFFICERS and STORAGE FOR PUBLIC STORES; and comprising Buildt ings which are now to let, or which may be. come available for occupation within a shor- period.
Office of Ordnance? 23rd October, 1844.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. The communications of Viator, and Practico in our next
NOTICE. New advertisements, will be received, until 4
cation, vis: Tuesdays
and
Fridays.
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4 Mon..
terest. The progressive increase of the trade AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.-
with China will be thus traced clearly and dis VICTORIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 13rn 1844.tinctly from unquestionable evidence--to do this completely, however, it will be requisite to NOTICE THE Postmaster begs to intimate that for the have the returns from the other ports also pu- future in paying postages; dollars will be valued at 4s. 4d,blished, and if this is done regularly, we will
Victoria, 9th November, 1844
not only have the gross amount of the British trade with China exhibited, but also its fluctua- tions, and (we believe) its gradual progression towards the northern ports. That the trade of China, to Great Britain will only be second to that of India, we are well satisfied; and in laying a fair statement of that trade before the public, quarterly, or half yearly, His Excellen cy will in no small degree aid in the extension of this branch of commerce, and the conse- quent prosperity of our native land. The nature and amount of the commerce of any country
NOTICE-A Mail for England via Singapore and Bombay per Clipper Mor" will be closed at this Office on Friday 15th instant at 3 o'clock.r. ., and a Mo for Singapore and Calcuta per Red Rover will close on Wednesday, the 20th instant at 5 o'clock ṛ, M.
Post Office,
Victoria, 9th November, 1844.
NOTICE-A mail for Madras per "Defiance" will be closed at this Office to-day at 6 o'clock e, m.
Post Office, Victoría, 13th November, 1814.
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We have been requested to publish the fol lowing communications, which we presume will close the correspondence, between His Excellency, the Governor in council, and the committee, deputed to represent the inhabi- tants, on the subject of the Registration Or. dinance. A perusal of these letters, leads us to hope that, now the Ordinance is virtually O'Clock, on the evenings previous to publi- dead letter, the inhabitants will forget its in firmitics, and bearing in remembrance that during the past two months, more has been done to improve the colony than during the previous two years, they will cheerfully ack nowledge the benefits they are receiving. The Governinent certainly did not act with that dignity which might have been expected. We cannot help thinking, admitting a hastily drawn up memorial to have contained one or two expressions, which even its urgency ought not perhaps to excuse; still the remembrance that, that memorial was in opposition to an Ordinan ce, which was calculated to shock the feelings of the European community, and perfectly op posed to the laws of England, should have spared us the Proclamation and Notification in the Gazette Extraordinary, The affair however is past-the Governor and Council express themselves satisfied, with the assurance that no disrespect was intended by the inser- tion of certain objectionable words into the memorial-the public are satisfied, in as much as the object which the memorial was intended to effect has been attained-we may therefore expect that, perfect unanimity and good feel- ing between the rulers and the ruled, will be restored and that the Ordinance, the memo- rial and the "seditious riot" will be consigned to the tomb of all the Capulets.
We will regret however, should the regis. tration system be given up. The measure it self is a good one, and must have engaged the attention of Mr. Davis immediately after his ar rival-we trust he will not be induced to throw it aside, because some unnecessary por- tions have been strongly objected to. The de- monstration of popular feeling was neither against His Excellency's government, nor against the registration system-it was solely opposed to the taxation, and to putting res- pectable Europeans upon a par with the canaille of China by being included in the some re- gistry,
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ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE,
(To the Editor of the Friend of China.) DEAR Sin-Much praise is due to the autorities for the good manner in which they are causing the roads to be worked out. At the present rate, Victoria is li kely soon to have its (or her?) ways well made, and passibly pleasant. In the Center Bay," or middle Bazar the site of the old Chinese town-a good be ginning has been made, both with the Roads and Drains.
Are there, however, to be no reservoirs?
A few
large reservoirs of pure water on the hill side, would serve many useful purposes; especially will they be I hope, Mr. Editor, you will required in cases of fire. draw proper attention to this subject, and oblige
Yours,
November 11th, 1841.
THIRSTY,
DEAR SIR-I am surprized to find that so much publicity has been given to our operations ss to call for a notice from your pen, Seeing however that such is the case will you permit me to correct an erroneous impression which I fear your paragraph in the paper of the 9th inst, may convey.$__
It is not our intention to devote ourselves to mere medical service at Kowloon. We regard the healing
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Hongkong, 4th Nov., 1844, : SIR-With reference to the Proclamation just issued, we as members of the late Deputation who had the honor to present the Memorial on the subject of the Registration Ordinance on behalf of the Inhabitants of this Colony deeply regret that His Excellency and the Honorable members of the Council should so have misunderstood the in- tentions and feelings of the Committee and memo- rialists as to deem it necessary to resort to such a stringent measure.
We can only again express our regret that the Memorial should have been worded in language that has tended to convey to His Excellency and Honorable members sentiments of disrespect, and we have to request that you will again communi- cate to them our complete disavowal of any such motive either to them individually or as the Repre- sentative of Her Majesty and the constituted au- thorities of this Colony.
(Signed)
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We have &c. T. A GIBB,'
DOND. MATHESON, AUGTS. CARTER.
委
To,
A. E. Shelley, Esq.
Clerk of the Councils.
(True Copy:):
Council Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 6th Nov., 1841. GENTLEMES.-I have received the commands
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cannot be too well known, and good statistical information acts beneficially in various ways it points out the articles which are required for the market-it also shows whether the demand for any particular kind of goods is increasing or falling off, and giving the exact amount of exports and imports, it enables the prudent Merchant, who is well acquainted with the market, to regulate his sales and purchases with some degree of certainty,
The latest estimate of the trade of China, which we are aware of, is that made by Mr. Thom, when engaged with the Chinese Coin- missioner in settling the new tariff, it however includes the whole foreign trade of China, which must be kept in view, when comparing it with that of Great Britain at the single port of Canton now officially published. Until the returns from the northern ports are published, it is impossible to form a correct estimate of the increase since the compilation of Mr. Thom's tables; but in imports." at the other ports, we may safely set down the amount of cotton piece goods at half of those imported at Canton.
IMPORTS.
Thom's report for 12 months.
$80,000 pcs. 25.000 pls.
MacGregor's
turn for 6 months.
377.256 pes.
11.348 pls. $935,000.
231,236 pls
|
Chusan, giving the total of British imports to
China for the present year at sixteen and a half millions of dollars, exclusive of the small sales in this colony, of which it is impossible to procure any return.
EXPORTS.
The return of exports is chiefly valuable as affording a data by which we may compare those of future seasons. The export of tea and silk to Great Britain for the year ending 30th ot June 1844 was already well known ; but as this table does not distinguish between the tea, shipped to Great Britain for the six months and that shipped to her possessions, we cannot precisely tell what amount of the 51,443,833 lb. was shipped previous to the 1st January-we think it would be an improvement were a dis- tinction made between the teas shipped to the colonies, and those to the mother country. The proportion of the former is very trifling, but in the present state of the market--or the tea question accurate returns are invaluable. The shipments to England and her colonies (with the exception of a small parcel to Lima) for the six months was 20,134,400, being nearly equal to the imports of Great Britain for the Mr. Thom estimated the annual year 1882. export of teas from China at 350,000 pieuls worth $9,450,000; Mr. MacGregor's return- which is corroborated by the duty having ac tually been paid-proves the export by British merchants for six months to be 218,508 piculs, it an exchange of 4s. 2. costing $7,221,936. SILE-Compared with former years the ex- port is small; fog the six months only 2,665 piculs. Thom's estimate for one year was 8,8000 piculs which is probably very near the quantity which was formerly shipped. In consequence of the late war, the growth of the mullberry, was for a time neglected, it is also said that, for some unaccountable reason, part of last year's crops were kept back, and coming into the market with the large production of this year the export of silk will swell to a pro- digious amount-probably not less than from 12,000 to 15,000 Bales, against the 2,438 Bales and 123 Boxes of last year, but this will not nearly come up to the export of former times in the year ending with June 1837there was shipped from Canton 20,522 piculs of raw silk valued at $8,151,700, all of which with the exception of 125 piculs was taken away in
Britishi ships.
The amount of exports for the six months at an exchange of 4s. 2d. is $9,036.948. Thom. estimates the exports (exclusive of treasure) at $13,840,750 yearly, but we are of the firm be lief that the British exports, exclusive of treasure, for the year ending with December will be alone in value upwards of $20,000,000, The exparts do not of course includo those from the other free ports, which are by no means trifling; but we trust that returns of all of them will be laid before the public by the Superintendent of Trade,
Until a yearly return has been made from all the ports it is impossible to estimate cor rectly the British trade of China, but from the infurination before us, we are fully satisfied that, in the short statement we now give of the present trade of China, compared with the past we do not exaggerate its present pros- perity.
British imports to and exports from China in the year 1844 (partly estimated); and 1832 from the records of the India House. 1814-Imports -exclusive of opium $16,500,000 1532-haports-
» 9,382,209-
Increase 6,167,791.
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13
1832-Exports- 1814-Exports --exclusive of treasure $20,000.000
17.
» 14,169,5:0
Increase 5,030,470
1941-Imports-including 33,000
Chests of opium at 9650/ 1832-Imports-including opium
$40,190,000 ,,20,536,227
Increase $10,953,773
Cotton piece Goods Do. Yarn & Thread Woollens, in value $1,034.500 ---** Cottan
300,000 fils, These four articles are the staples of British shipments to China-with the exception of Opium-and the comparison now made of the one port of Canton, with the whole British and American trade a few years ago, is most satis- factory. In Cotton plede Goods, for the pre- sent year, the import of British fabrics at the port of Canton, will amount to 750,000 pieces, against 600,000 previous to the treaty, we inay add to this 350,000 pieces for the northern ports-as it is known that upwards of 150,000 pieces were shipped from this place in four months-and we have a total of 1,100,000 pieces against Mr. Thom's 600,000 pieces. In Cotton Yarn there is a slight decline, which however will be probably balancer by the sales at Amoy- there are also large stocks of yarns in Hong- kong,(not less than 10,000 piculs) which are not 1844 --Exports including treasure sent to Canton, as the prices there will not for opinin, less $3,500,000 or
the Shipper. Woollens show
the difference between im. ports and the amount ofexports $39,400,000 increase of nearly 100 per Cent; the market however is glutted and the present
1832-Exports-inclulling 82,797,856 demand at all the parts limited. The import
in cash of woollen goods is nearly equal to that of the Hon. E. I. Company, during the last years of their monopoly. In 1830-31 the Company imported into China 177,685 pes. valued at $2,306,265, the Commanders and officers of the ships having 2661 pcs.valued at $89,562 on their In 1831-32, the amount was nearly the same. Cotton. The greater part of the cotton is imported in the months of July, August, September and October, and hence, though there appears a decline on the half year, there will be a considerable increase in the yearly return.
remunerate
an
own account.
.. 17,767,486
Increase $21,632,514
Annual value of the British trade to Ching, imports and exports, inclusive of opium and
treasure,
1815-£7,021,295 @4s. 1820-, 6,888,937 @ 4s. 182, 6,922,345 @ 49. 1828-,,6,747,345, @ 4s.
1930-31 1831-32
1844
$28,085,000 -27,467,748
27,680,380 26,080,380
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41,856,253
87,744,750 79,800,000
Mr. Thom's estimated amount of the legal
In concluding this subject we would notica trade taken at Canton prices was $11,205,370
that as part of the opium is consigned to Ame-- Mr. MacGregor's return for 6 Mths at an ex- change of 4s. 6d. gives $4,045,430 or for the rican firms, stricly speaking our estimate of year 80,284,860, the prices being rated by the that portion of the British imports of China is invoice, and cost at the port of shipment, we too great, but on the other hand wo must re- may therefore add 25 per cent. for freight and member that it is all, or nearly all, shipped charges, and we have the entire British im- from British India, on account of British sub We would fur ports of Canton, for the year 1844, in round jects, European and Indian, numbers upwards of eleven and a half millions |ther notice that the amount of this branch of of dollars. The coast trade is in a great de-commerce may appear exaggerated, but we are gree conjectural; the imports of Shanghai convinced that a careful perusal of at the do- cuments connected with the English and Indon for the quarter ending 31st March were as. certained to be 8515,000, but as the shipments trade to China will lead to the conclue that, since that period have been large we may put our estimate of its magnitude is not over fated,