Hae-nan brought dye-bark, cocoa-nuts and dye-bark.

8 from Fonquin passed through with coarse cotton goods and from Canton and for Fien-tzin, dye-nuts; 1 large Junk.

1 from Singapore bound.

In July 30 from the Coast of the Province brought live stock and sundries; from Tuh-kien, alum and Sundries.

2 from Hae-nan brought cocoa-nuts and provisions.

3 from Ting-hai, (whether the chief town of Chusan, or, as is most likely, some place on the coast, does not appear), which took hence calics, opium and sundries.

1 from Singapore passed north with sugar, and 1 from that port of a large size, Straits produce for Tien-thin. These made purchases here.

In August 49 Junks from the Coast brought live stock, oil, sugar, and salt; 8 from Juh-kien brought salt, alum, mats, cocoa-nuts and dye-bark.

Mr. Gutzlaff's note here remarks that Piracy was depressing the Trades.

In September 7 Junks from the East Coast, 16 from Fuh-kien, outwards and homeward bound, 2 from Hae-nan and 1 from Siam, in all 91 vessels, of which some brought salt and mixed cargoes, and the majority, according to the locality from which they came, live stock, sugar, sweetmeats, nutmegs, pepper, peas, beans, wheat, cocoa-nuts, potato-flour, drugs, dye-woods, bark, rattans, firewood, paper and crockery ware.

2 were bound to Shanghai, 1 to Juh-kien, 1 to Kwang-tung, 1 to Fuen-tzin, 1 to Hae-nan, and 25 to Canton.

In October 92 Junks arrived,

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