THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.
the
Diplomatic Department.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
déc. dzer is pleased to direct, that the annexed Synoptical Tables of the Foreign Trade cellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiar
1848 be published for general information.
By Order
A. R. JOHNSTON.
Victoris 6th July, 1847.
A BYNOPTICAL TABLE of the IMPORT TRADE from FOREIGN COUNTRIES at the PoRT of CANTON during the Fear ending. ember, 1846, specTving the Description and Quantities of Commodities, as well as their Estimated Value, and distinguishing the of the Ships in which they were imported, vİZ —
DEJORIPTION OF COMMODITIES
or Betel Nut
de Mar
Bird Nett, Edible,
8. Clocks, Matches, &c.
10 Cobbinsalat
12 Collon,
18 Cotton Cloths, Plain
ESTIMATED VALUE IN SP. DRB, AT 44. 48. STO.
$142,655
* 16,538 187,782 24,589
19,923
New
England.
Tuesdays and Fridaya,
NUTICE
be received until 4 or precious to publi.
C
ti
Biay
Batavia
May 26
no
T Singapor
June
20
น
May 20 Manila
Mer
10
June 17
11
2
LATEST DATES. April 24 Sydney
United States April
Daloutta
Bombay
Madras
May 14 Shanghai
Cof G Hope April 16
THE FRIEND OF OHINA
AND HONGKONG GAZETTE. VICTORIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14rs, 1841.
NOTICE The hours of Divine Service in the Copo nial Chapel Bre, on Sundays at 6 A. M., ↑ past 18 A. M. and 6 P. M.; and on Thursdays at 1 past 8 P. M.
VINCENT STANTON, Victoria, Jet June, 1847.
Colonial Chaplain.
THE rates of opium licenses quoted on Saturday are incorrect. They are £25, £50, and £76 Ster ling, per annum, for 18), 24, and 3d class licenses respectively.
We have marked for extract a condensed history of the principal crown offices-a subject with which many otherwise well informed people are almost unacquainted. Our space is too limited to publish the article in one paper; it will therefore be divided, and appear so as not to interfere with the usual selections from the papers brought by the monthly mail.
A Sandwich Island paper ofthe 13th May contains a few items of news from California up to the 20th- April,
Commodore Biddle was exercising the rights of 3.06% sovereignty by enforcing the navigation lawa-it 13,411 being intimated that foreign vessels were to be ex- 378,485
cluded from the coasting trade. The squadron at 14,212
Monterey consisted of the United States ships Co- 21,335
lumbus, Preble, Warren, and Lexington also the troop ships Xylen, Mount Vernon, Loo Choo, and Thomas Perkins The Brutus from New York with troops and stores arrived at San Francisco on the 17th April.
QUANTITIES AND UNDER WHAT FLAG IMPORTED.
British
American French Dutch Belg. Danish Swed. Germ
Picule 13,911 65 Catties
10.958
800
$,573
Porty Lovchas
150 1,846 Picule
AGORRGATE QUANTITIES
MPORTED
89
1,449
40,238 352
517 4,286 Catties 6.818
Value $20,786
3,215
558
dhe Value 824.580
Catties
6418
500
Piculs 545,438
12870
532
1.019
Pisces 088,792
64224)
200
6,811
Twilled,
2,684 191,171|
93
4,110 Pieces 754,186 8,740
Callies 5,918 4,862 Picule 504,221)
5,095,407
2,010,182
200,495
SE
Cambric and Muslins, Chinizes and Prints,
550
550
}}
14,210
203
14,427
13
605,498 1,580 43,400
Handkerchiefs,
Doz.
8,672
Doz.
8,672
17,549
Value $65,940)
10,250)
4,256 Value $82,446
82,446
Piculs 23,941
2,020
2,274 Piculs 28,227
923,879
Value $1.250
468
Value $1,724
1,724
Catties 14,547
Picula 1,365
Catties 14,547 456 Picula 1,821
13.447
78,945
8,690
1,913
Value $5,965|
1,860
1,918
2,584
Piculs ..........
3,139
35
1,084 Value $13,411
620 Piculs 3,794).
8,803
2,520
2,529
Value 820,745
590 Value
$21,335)
Picula 123
22 Picals
145
10
156
..
11:
10,598,
742
2,1231
80)
20
14,44
1,280 52,235
229
980
676
2.944
1
730
8,207
630
+
4,569
22,577
577
577
Boxes
2,2451
45
481
Baxes
2,351
Piculs
959
20
861
978 Piculs
2,31
7,415)
1,236
21
13
7,352 15,239 923 5,007
1)
28,015/
27,341
3,793 3,807 4,994
4,602
**
1!
8,651 40,723 60,291
88 Sharks Fins
6,893)
147
+*
39 Skins, Hides, and Furi,
Nos.
12,998 11,278
6521
150
400
2,041 Noa,
40- Sronits,
Picturtle
115
Picula
7,040 27,519 115
41 Soap,
Callies
51
11,000)
15,130 Catties 26,181
¡Value
88,300
5,256 867
127
755
784
1,043 Value $17,137)
¡Piculs 16,537
6294
7351
Sapan and others,
Value 82,987)
1,762
Changs 113,936
"
Narrow, Blankets, Not described,
11
92 1,134 1,617 857 2,775 485,227 246
12.024 1,834 4,666 Pieces 5,207 1,500 130 1,062 Yalue $7,686)
600
554 Plouts 17,44 1,762 Value $5,73. 2108 2,226 Changs 124,745 5,050 6,346) 515,398 201 Pieces
8,679 Value $7.586
39
¡Miscellaneou
13
:$1
Total.......
6,451 746,311 727,026 26,406 7,586 389,892
812,390,213
Studs pot enumerated,
14 Cotton Yarn and Thread,
Earthenware,
17 Elephants and Sea horse teeth,
18 Dishmaws,
19 Wints,
20 Glass and Glassware,
22 Ginseng,
24 Gum Olibanum,
Bdellium, &c.,
25 Horns, Buffalo, and Rhinoceros,
99 Mother of Pearl Shells,
90 Metals, Iron, Wrought
32 Pepper,
Steel,
Lead, Pig,
Tin Plates,
33 Puchuck,
34 Rattens,
35 Rice and Paddy,
Spelter,.
45 Wine, Beer, and Spirits,
38 Wood, Sandal,
47 Woollens, Broad,
#
K
605)
#209,712 120,450 6,742 8,708 1,588 12,489 1,962 7,481) 20,788) $369,898
$9,997,69811,609.404 18,184110,351 18,340 41 68741,255) 98.094465,315)
***
3,909
4,126
CALIFORNIA —By the arrival of the barque Toulon Crosby, we have received intelligence from Monterey to April 26th. Qet generally, prevails throughout the territory. The 13,786
horse thieves create the most ouble General Kearny has 11,610
appointed General Sutter as subingent of Indlan affair, 76 559
The Boy'us arrived at Francisco 17th Aprit, passage five 145,208 months, bringing remainder of Colonel Stevenson's soldiers, There is a general complaint of want of money wherewith 110,796
to make purchases. The visuas of Government acwp would 130,246
not ourrenty pass.
The papers socak of improvements noW 64,915
in progress at San Francisco and Monterer 5,171 4,152 Some disclosures have been recently made which 47.137
will check the system of frand and extortion which 179,290
have so often been entailed upon official transac tions in this colony. We will for the present cone fine ourselves to a simple narration of the circum...... alances as far as they have been brought to our notice.
REMARKS. The preceding Tables have been compiled from the Consular Returns of the British and Foreign Import Trade at Canton for the year 1816, They do not
Taclade, however, the goods sold outside the District of Custom.House.
The Weights and Measures stand, are those in use at Centon. I catty is equal to 11⁄2 pounds avoirdapola; bence 1 peal of 100 caties corresponde with 133 pounds in England. I chang is 4 English yards nearly.
The Velus given has been computed upon a moderate extimate according to the average prices of the year in the Canton Marker, including the duty and other charges,
FRANCIS C. MACGREGOR, Her Mujesty's Consul
Canton, Ist April, 1847.
A SYNOPTICAL TABLE of the EXPORT TRADE to FOREIGN COCKTats at the Port of CANTON during the Year ending the 31st December, 1846, specifying the description and quantities of commodities as well as their estimated value, and distinguishing the Flags under which they were exported, viz :---
No. IN
2 Aniseed Star.
Bamboo Were,
Brass leaf
12 Oasia Lignes,
Buls, Oil,
196
ESTIMATED
IN
VALUB Sr. Drs. At 4. 47. Sra.
15,783 4,405 16,542
A couple of years ago the Centre Market was leased to a man named Acqui- not the Acqui of the Lower Bazaar at a monthly rent of $100, In addition to this sura it would appear that the lesses agreed to pay the compradore of Major Caine a further amount of 150 a month, though this is not a condition of the written agreement with Government Acqui died about six months ago, and the lease came into the possession of his brollier Afoon, who paid into the treasury the monthly rent of 8100, but demurred at the supplementary py ment of $150 to the compradore of the Colonist Secretary
A new claimant for the lease now presented him zelf named Atti He alleged that previous to bis death Acqui had sold him the lease for $1000. An attempt was made to place the b cord, but on inspection the document was pronounced a forgery by the Clerk of the Records.
The assignment on re
com
In the meantime Afoon contracted for some Go verument work at Stanley, in payment for which he received an order on the compradore of the tren sury On prosenting the order the treasury pradore insisted on deducting 8750, which he said Afoon was indebted to Major Cane's compradore for the rent of the market. Afoon would not sub- mit to the deduction, and be returned to the Surveyor 7,223 | General's department where he explained the ne 2,610
fure of the demand that was made upon tum. 250,161
jor Caine's cold pradore was either sent for or of his own accord made his appearance in the office of the Surveyor-General, when he was charged with ex tortion and being th collision with the treasury To the charge, we compradore to defrada Aloon. 14,465 hear, he replied insolently, threatening the Clark 16,110 of the Records with his master a displeasure, assert 81,014 ing that ho would be dismissed from his employ- 13,406
ment for interfering, and that the market would be 88,796 taken from Aloon for refusing his claim of $150 29,757 a month.
DESCRIPTION OF COMMODITIES
British
Quantitieb aPU UNDER WHAT FLAG EXPORTED
American French Dutch Belg. Danish Swed. Germ.
Alum,
Piranula 2,334
65
11 165
In Lorchae
610 Plopla
24
AGGREGATE QUANTITIES EXPORTED
51
1.
2 999
4460
1201
})
11
120
4 Bangles,
Boxea
2
34 Boxes
106
Picula
79!
93
15
5 Picula
THE
6.782 3,930
Boxel
228
10 Boxes
233
10 Canes of all sorts,
VBle
1851
65
10
¡Picols 12,401
7,484 1,025
525 281
399
Mille 2,052 Plculs
259
7
216 24,78310 205
110
116
$1
13 China-root
152
+
#165
14 China-ware,
.792) 201
509 10
244
297
51
4.778 27,967 465 90.712
16 Copper, Tin and, Pewter Ware,
319
2
26
18 Crackers and Fireworks,
20 Fans of all Sorts,
21 Forniture and Wood ware,
Catties Piculs
692 2,09 0,328
21,7071 397 110
(16) 827 1,095
143
118
180 Catties
36
50 Pouls
25 Glam Beads and Glassware,
Boxra 1913
27 Grace Cloth
28 Hartall or Oroiment).
Catiles Piculi
5,221
261 7601
482
24 Ivory and Mother of Pearl wares, Cattles
937
4.265
28)
2,400
205
487
5,560
30% Kitysol
Boxes
1.246
5,872 15,208
15
28 Boxes
1286
21 Lacker LIEF,
Picula
endaling.
SH
and Dyed Cottons,
270 3.652 214 2452
258
20
102 Picola
685
14751 25701
8,591 148
18 1,458
18,947
26
91,182
$16
35
12.530
310
of M. Ebulho
67
2,751
37-243
300
bolt
Boxes Pical
4,946
120
87,214
240
666
850
786
82
$22
82
Acting Attorney
230 Boxes 24 Plcul
10.8041
67.714
2,670
1778
152
78703
4.084
488 2038
0268 Cailles 3830
10818
Joaches £7.022 C8.950
9.059 29.136 822 26 Boxes 1989
71 18,887 Catties 90,226
5 Picus
2 the
64727 1,523
230
Picula
277814
300.00
1719 16 138
152
15 7018 4836
8.699
Under these extraordinary dreamstances the Clerk of the Records addressed an oficial letter to the Colonial Secretory which as a meter of course, was laid batere. Iba Governor. His Excellency ordered a Court of 1
nsishog
BJ MC Parker, et
BE
inquiry s praioundly
Caine The die
The above