between the 1st.
these that visited this Port
1st January,
and the 30th
but from the post
April:
" May to the 37th December,
1849, besides the craft exclusively engaged
02
in the Salt Trade
the carriage of stores,
596 Junks of
touched or discharged
and took in cargoes at Victoria
Tien tsin,
various sizes.
cargoes at Victoria
from
Shantung, Shang-hae, Fuh keen, Formosa,
Hae-nan,
Tonquin,
Siam, and the East
and West Coasts of the Province of Kwang tung ; by far the larger number coming from the Districts next Eastward of that opposite to which the Island of Hongkong
is situated.
The only arrivals worthy of note as the first of their kind are those of an
- junk from Formosa, in
April, and Tonquin vessels owned and
manned by
Chinese, in June.
" The details of the marine trade, as far as this office is informed, are as follow:
In
January and February
7232 tons. Mr.
Gutzlaff's notes state that the Marine
did good business.
In March and April few
came
here
to trade, but several passed towards Hae-nan for sugar, and one brought a cargo of rice from Formosa, the first imported thence
In
May some 90 Junks brought provisions and Sundries, rice and alum,
from Heaupting East, 2 from Shwang tung which brought rice for Hongkong, and sugar Wheat and oil-cake for the Northern Ports ; 30 from Fuck kien passed south for sugar
and oil.
In June 80 Janks from the East
bound to Canton, brought
stock, rice,
crockery, flour, oil cakes,
alkali and molasses. Some took
away opium
and manufactures . 11 Junks from Fuh kien brought rice and crockery, taking opium,
and saltpetre. 3 from
manufactures and