No 33
Jn 4499/67
Harbour Master's Report
Hongkong, 13th March, 1867.
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I have the honor to forward a return of the number of documents issued to and received from the Harbour Master's Office under Ordinance 6 of 1866.
It will be in His Excellency's recollection that prior to this Law coming into operation, it was rumoured that the junk trade in Hongkong would cease under the heavy fees and restrictions which it was supposed to impose.
The Chinese junk owners, hearing of these rumours and seeing them circulated by the Press, took fright.
And on the night of the 31st December, nearly the whole of them left the waters of Hongkong, bound for Stanley and Shekwan.
The Honorable
The Colonial Secretary.
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