Sist
the 18th January
of South America between
shipped for the West Coast
of Chinese Coolies
and the
10th October 1850, in one British
and eight foreign bottoms
from Whampoa
despatched
Cumnsings
moon' au d
Moosung
Return Nr. 3.
1.
2151
Précis of a letter and Memo-
upon the present condition, trade, and
prospects of Hongkong,
addressed to
His Excellency
Mr. Bonham, Governor,
by
HC Mitchell, Esqre.
The position
and
prospects of the
Colony, of which Mr. Mitchell has had
long
and intimate experience
were
entirely changed by the Treaty of Nanking. When Captain Elliot took possession
of Hongkong in 1841, after his convention with Kishen, it was naturally regarded
as
the future centre of our
commerce.
Indeed,
independent of
its being a general
harbour
for Canton, our trade
would again be carried on
without being endangered
as heretofore at Whampoa. Kishen's Convention
did not guard against
the occurrence of
the causes of former interruptions, and