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the trade of the Colony The subject is
which
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approoch with diffidences
from a fear that we may expresse language, too strong.
in
of the
in which the Chinese were irritated to
a course of action against this Colony, which, if persevered in, we early believe will end in acquiring such rapid development
in
the Port, though having acquired immense trade, and
blind
by the wilfully ignorant it would seem that this trade is ascribed to the Colony being the centre of a huge smuggling organization. Because commerce has entered
here and trade does not pass through
ceasing to maintain the importance
The Coast of China to which its natural advantages have raised it
admirably in the
China Tea, that it is now the central point for the receipt and despatch of
The Mails from China, Manila and
Japon, and has become the headquarters
of the great Steam lines that are now
Canton,
a city some sixty miles distant
and inconveniently situated up a river,
it is concluded that
the duties
are collected from goods carried from this island by the Native Craft that convey them to the
many small ports along
the Coast. It is true that they pay duty at Canton but it is equally true that they pay at their respective ports.