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in their custoty, and who is accured by Sir A. Ljungstedt, of depreciating the expedition sent against them- at 70000 men, sailing a ficct of 1800 Vessels great and small.
hose who surrendered were
22,000; they
gave up
360 Veuels, 1200
guns, mil more than 7,000 stand
f
Arms.
I fleet of
come 18 fail is si
ind
to be at this moment off the Ful-Kien. Const; and in Chek-Kiang nearly 40,000
taels were
paid within the last two
months to a pirate ficct farther north.
In the vicinity of this Colony acts of
purney
are almost daily reported.
the
petty
Towns with which all its
natim trade is cante) m.
The best
cridence that the are incceuse, is
that, for fact
the last few weeks,
the
in which the inhabitants have been
moving to their
the new year,
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country to spend the river. Steamers have
been crowded by Minere, to whom the
expense must be about treble what it would have been in their own
boats, and the constant ream
panag given for the now cumployment of these that, in the present state of things,
is
the
life
The extent
of
it's effect upon the funk
Kade
F
this Colon it would not be
cau to'aseartain, but it must
from
the insecurity
of the seas between Hong Tong audi
cuffer much
عامة
me not a safe conveyansi fa
or property. _
(Signed) ! Made
Just Shincu Lieuter
(Save Copy) Maine Colonial Secretary-
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