Lai
"
The largest
"Piece goods, &c. by Hongthong & Swatow.
amount of opium is imported " to Shekleong on the "Canton river by "natives, from Hongkong, & it finds
way
its
into the interior from there. _ Whether Chinese Revenue Cruizers
in the vicinity of Hongthong, may have unduly interfered with Chinese Junk's sailing from the island so as
with the legitimate
to
as to interfere
trade
of the Colony
to other Countries, such as the Straits
or Cambodia, I cannot say.
But,
face of these
so far as appears on the face of
proceedings, what the Chamber of Commerce
really objects to is
on the
any interference
"part of the Chinese Authorities
with: "Junks coming from or going to
Port
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Port under Chinese Papers ; & such a pretension
QA
this is
altogether untenable.
Even the China Mail admits that the
"Chinese have a perfect right, as far
as
the
Treaty is
taxes they like
1, to levy any
is concerned, to
Chinese owned
on
property
in Chinese Junks belonging to a Chinese
Port,"
I have
(00) Rutherford Alcock.