at defiance has
any
passed attempt to renew it will entail
the loss of Macao. Never, since the expulsion of the Chinese
in 1849, has language such
as this been held to a
any
Govt of that settlement, & it indicates pretty plainly The Temper of the Chinese government & that it is beginning to feel its strength
& has determined to treat
The Macao
ques
tion
on a
very
different basis from heretofore.
is commonly known at Macao & the withdrawal of the 212 licences is attributed to it although nothing official has appeared.
as far
as the Coolie Cagents
are concerned, they are, with the exception of one form, Garcia y Garcia, still at macas & expecting to
recommence business again,
but under what terms I have
nor
yet
discovered. The
general opinion in
the
settlement however is that
That a desp. was re
rec?
zwom
the Viceroy by the Goo? the subject of these Inns
on
emigration cannot
до
unless the Inns, or some
establishment