them to die out
that
1 great evils; and now the smallest
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as good
footing
Firm in the trade is on as good.
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of
that respect, as the largest _ The same the North East Coast up to one year ago_ The regular communication which in future will be kept up by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's boats, will in
my opinion, do good, and will tend gradually
to work immense good,
a
to set the
Colony free from the great obstruction which at present besets it _ The recent arrival : of another steamer to ply between this port, Amoy and Manila, will also
work much good_
The beneficial effect of steam has been felt already in drawing up to Amoy much of the old Namoa trade _ prices being kept easier there by the brisk competition which the leading Houses have to contend with _ The Peninsular
and Oriental Company's steam boats the "Canton" and the "Preuss" have begun to throw heavy opposition supplies into the Amoy station, so that it will likely absorb
into
into itself all the trade of the neighbouring
that of Namoa ; the
anchorages,
including
effect of which would be to
to give
this Colony
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the supplying of the intermediate line of coast between Namoa and this place, and
to raise up a productive barter trade in
& Indian produce.
Sugar
An
One thing should especially
be borne in minds in reference to the
future trading
advantages
of Hongkong
that before ever it can have
trade worth quoting,
And
any
other than
a
desultory
illegal coast trade, those malignant clauses of the Supplementary Treaty which limit all Junk trade with the Colony to Junks clearing out of the Five ports (the very thing
which
we did not want,
as our own ships had access to these ! ) and
(and
requires the Junks to obtain passes
or permits from their
own authorities to enter this harbor (!) must be abolished for ever _ It is a lamentable fact that not one
picul of the
sugar grown upon the plantations I have described, can be brought here and exchanged for a picul of Bengal
opium's
Cotton
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