Seeing the latter place is but 130–

miles from Amoy many vessels

cle

and that

indoubtedly

vally leave Too

leave Toochan

anually

for the United Kingdom, there bring, by yesterday's shipping list (17) seventeen British vessels at that Port the berth for London, it seems that Mc? Pedder does not

strange

: always avail himself of the opportunities

ol

Fort that can be more offered by or speedily reached and at less expence than Hangsing with its few mimber of homeward bound ships .

(Signed) H. &. Thomsect, Harber Moneter,

12t September 1870.

flopy"

396

The question of providing for

the requirements of distressed.

Atas

Dlarrer

apparently set at reet by the Secretary of state's "Despatch N 157 of

13th December 1867, and it enclosure

from the Board of Trade dated 28th November 1867, Copy of which was sout to the Foreign Affice

Under these instructions and until

Mer Tedder re-opened it _ matters seemed to have worked emooch ly enough.

The beersect: cannot direct chemeches

idea that

of the idea

- vessels

are

continually

leaving Hugking for the thisted -Kingdom, but nothing

Corv

be

mere

erroneous, as in 18609 but 8 ships leffe - for that destination during the agear.

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