in the Return. Both items,
however, fail to afford anything approximation to the
like an
real amount, as other vessels,
by or consigned to the
woned by
principal merchants
the
Colony from whom no returns
can be obtained - the Port being
are also employed.
cutirely free- In the freight of and Treasure.
both opium
17. The trader with California continues with undiminished factivity, and the supply of
different articles
for
that market
has afforded constant and
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remunerative employment to
the tradesmen and artizans
the Colony. I am
informed
that, during the pact year,
is less than 30000 chinese
M
embarked hence for San Francise. whose
passage money, at the rate of $50 per head, would
give
This
a sum of $1,500,000 to owners and consignees
resident at Hongkong.
12. 18.
I beg t
to annex the customary
on the Sunk
annual report on
Trade of the Colony.