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Serving as to the Colony at large from its the depôt of this immense traffic;
but still there is some general benefit derived from it, if only in the influx of shipping which it brings us, and the share of their disbursements thrown into our bazars while there Jain lo a a very considerable as are s the to such of our local firms engaged in the Opium trade; as following instances will show: Messrs Jardine Matheson do keep up their great receiving ship here the Bomanjee with dey lascars serving
Now supposing for a moment that there was no such place as Hongkong; a dozen, ao mere ship Keepers and that this ship with the immense amount of property in her hold, had to take up a berth at one at Cum sing-moon, or f gunners s_sh.a Cunnies tyndals and thus instead of her portage being
23 Jones Two hundred dollars ($200) a month, it would undoubtedly exceed two thousand dollars ($2000); so that the Murray Ballery may be fairly said to put the difference between these two items, month by month, into the pockets of her
The same of Messrs Dent & Co. who within the last few years have dispensed with a Ship altogether, and store their opium on shore in godowns on shore; it is such houses as these the Colony is invaluable, and will be found hardly less valuable to the Minor Firms engaged in the trade.
Take the case of a Firm which has, say Fifty chests on from each sales off Tintin, Ad and the olden time; and it is plain she must Carry a full sea-going crew, exposed she would be, to so much pirate risk; that instead of a dozen lascars they must carry a hundred with the proper complement of (50) chests; if such Firm had not Colony they must have put that opium into this and its conveniences to depend upon a receiving vessel at a demurrage of Five dollars ($5) for chest per month; so that saves the Firm just so much the colony
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