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could have chosen on these shores,
a preferable one to Chusan
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With respect to the Actual Condition of the Colony
I am
And
glad to be able to state that I find
the Chinese side of it steadily improving;
fair remuneration for all classes who properly belong to it, whether shopkeepers or coolies.
The first does not come from the Mainland with a
certain sum
of money
in his purse to
start a shop here, full of wild expectation
of the profits to be made out of the fanqui'
in the new settlement – He
is enticed to
a night
sale
where the most worthless
goods are jobbed
off upon him at prices which they do not repay....
In consequence,
he can no
longer
be driven
to some Usurer for a smaller
loan to keep his shop open, hypothecating
all
he has in
the world for it, and
nearly
all he has, involving his nearest difficulty.
His friends,
the lawyer,
...
no longer seize the first available
moment to sell him up, and in his hopeless
state,
he brings
and
down the curses of himself and his class upon the name of the foreigner,
and upon these English Law Courts
which worked his ruin.
The Chinese
small trader has passed through deep waters,
but the lesson has not been
lost upon him.
He now knows
what to offer to suit the foreigner, and what moderate
profits he
may expect upon them,
and his trade, accordingly, is carried
on slowly but safely.
There is far less usury –
infinitely less legal oppression on our side;
less extravagant Expectation and
far
more cautious dealing on the side of the Chinese.
In the old time, he looked at once to make
a fortune, and to
go
home to his country to
enjoy it; his ambition
is now sobered down
to making a comfortable living here.