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to the
having constituted
British Howloong
ari
Yau
ma tee in
outstation. It
inconvenient to send rowing boats
Avas
the Harbour to board every junk arriving
at You
matee and it would have
been hard, seeing
The
important
station
that place has become, to compel junk_
masters anchored off You.
come
matee to
You and
over to Victoria to report. With
the increased facilities given
INLOKE.
to junk...
correct
:smarters for reporting records of the arrivals and departieres are
Kept
The all important subject of the so-called blockade of the Colony by vessels belonging to the Chinese Government is a matter that I approach with great
deliency. It was the general opinion and
I shared in that view, that the blockade would have a tendency to check the trade and consequent prosperity of the
bolony;
but
in the face of the figures.
which these returns exhibit, and which
are
calculated
year by year
with much
any longer to see
Care
ane
unable
that the effect of the blockade has been
30
detrimental
as
it
was
thought
it
would be. Grievances which at one
time.
were
have in
continually cropping up
if not entirely
great
AMMEAQAML
ceased; and the honest trader does not
interfered
now seem to be interfered with
than is n
revenue
more
vicessary to protect the lehinese
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