Neighbourhood of Macao, on a scale
Laid down therein.
A very strict surveillance Over the fund Traffic within Macao
has lately been reestablished, so
much so that the Park-hoi
the Pooh - hoi guild,
which have their head quarters there,
And were the Chief smugglers, find their occupation gone, and have had
An interview with the Governor of Hong Kong, at which they put the question, whether they would ottein
protection
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protection for their trade in the event of their removing to the Colony, to which they obtained no direct reply; the drift of the enquiry is, however, very corident - The Governor of Macao has exposed mis weakness by his late attempt to carry
high hand, in
matters with a which he signally failed, and the
Chinese traders, who frequented that
settlement solely for the community from taxation they enjoyed and the
Opportunities