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A the manner in which the duties
& the Colonial Surgeon have been intely discharged-
ym will observe a jicnt
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great
defalcation in the quantity of marcantile Shipping which intered
the Starbor in 1857 as compared with 1856-
1856.
1857.
Kucis Jous.
Taurels
Jons
interek 2,091 8/1307 1,070 541063
Scercare
to the
102/ 270,244
Pris is principally to be attributed
stoprage
of the River Trade
with Canton which cumploys
atinaring many
Steamers whose
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frequent voyages greatly add to the amount of the returns.
Public Education has taken
an important stride in the
course of
the past year but this
I hope is only
-
an introduction
to a far greater advance. I have
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mary of
the
personally visited Schools and observe a very marked
improvements. We have lent the services of the dispector Mr___ Lobscheid for a chort time to the
Allied Authorities at Canton where
his knowledge of the local idiom
cannot but be
very useful. I have to add that by the
Olonial Treasurer's report
there