to the Assistant Chinese Secretory bears upon the native Trade of Songhong, and shows that in 1851 the Harbour of Victoria was visited bo 1004 Sea-goins Suntes,- bring increase of nearly 20 per cent upon the monthly
avclase of 1850.
Frade
مامة
With regard to the whaling
wou
which I offered
come
Aservations in my Cart Report, I may state that it has, as anticipated, imercated considerably during thin
K
입
present season. Between the 2 Occcmber 1851 and the 21th February last, $preuels of this decouption anied at Aonghong. Their cargoes, royears from the incioued printed Staternent furnished by N.13.
arrived
the Consignees (an American Fům), consisted
Sperm Oil - 140,017/12 gallons
C
Master's Returns
(page
the
113
Whale Oil - 476.185% Gallon: Whale Bone- 74,174 tbs.
the above, it seems by the Harbour
2064
Blue Books, that only 17,675 gallons of
whale oil, and 8,399 its
Sperm, 20,080 of
of Bome, were exported from
England-
hence
Grown Land. 9.
The
fixed
Revenue under this
head, abstracted from the Rent Roll
for the year ending 25+ December 185, was as follows_
Mercantile Forms. Private Individuals Chinese
£4,906,8.5%
#
4277-9-04 1512.7.91⁄2
£
£10,696,5,37
F
the
that for the
Year 1850, is £ 597 + 7 + 21⁄2;
The decrease in this item
Colonial Revenue as conrated with