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Captain Elliott, through whose ears he was established here, and from the late Chinese Secretary Mr. Marison. He
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accumulated his capital, but at Hong Kong, but while engaged as a ship comprador, by supplying provisions to vessels before and during the war. He was denounced by the Chinese Officers, and purchased for a large sum the rank of Mandarin, in order to protect his family from molestation. The only complaints against him, save one, that have come to my knowledge are those in the Colonial Newspapers,
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but not the Opium Firms. The service which may be readily traced to the smaller Merchants, and Shopkeepers, with whose petty dealings in opium, and those of their Compradors the trade of Aqui must interfere. Of the one case that was brought to the notice of the Government the particulars will be found in Appendix C. Messrs Jamieson
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How little the complainants will there be found to state in their letter that "We know of no law either civil or criminal under which Acqui is punishable for the acts imputed to him or his people". The reason of their complaint against Acqui is not therefore sufficiently obvious.
It is stated that a Chinaman must...