Hong Kong 31th July 1876.
Police Magistrate
J.
(J. Russell)
To
Colonial Secretary (Ar[nold] J. G. Austin)
The Blockade of Hongkong
Report on levy of duties on the Junk trade of this Port with Canton, Tonkin and the West Coast shewing that foreign goods going Hongkong to the West coast pay double what the same goods do when sent from Macao; and imports to Macao are much less than to Hongkong &c.
Enclosure in Governor [A. E. Kennedy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Edward_Kennedy)'s Despatch No. 146 of 7 August 1876.
9th Aug. 76
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Mong Hok-man, broker introduced by Ng Ah Kwan, partner & manager of the Nam Pak Hong.
Mong Hok-man is a broker in Hongkong for more than 10 years, lives at Mo Tai Street. States:
I act for the Tung Ying Wo; & Stop Sing Kee, Formosan junks.
There have been no goods sent in by Chinese junks for 4 years because the Chinese have to pay double the foreign tariff as well as 2 Candareens per picul. There are three Formosan junks here at present. They are going to take wood and sundry goods. They will take Beche de mer, shell flowers, dried lily flower, red dates, barley, sago, barley from Hainan, sago from Singapore, sapan-wood from Manila, Singapore &c. These junks fetched camphor, camphor wood and tea. The whole lot of them came in during the night. They have paid nothing.
The Likin tax at Formosa is only 40 cents per picul on camphor.
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