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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