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OFFICE OF THE Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company, Limited.
HONG KONG,
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Corner Gratificate from the Opium Farmer, while the Opium Farmer's guarantee is all that is required to pull the smugglers produced, on being first questioned permit, as they do in some cases out of hand, the Opium is at once returned to them without further question. The statement that we may land the Opium and that no harm is done to us or any one else, is simply another way of saying that we can return the Opium to the Smugglers and let them try if they can manage to work it off.
Got a total of Convoyers going hot from Helens amischief sling di sunt on Coupons in argie van...
With a Retrenchment Commission now sitting, the Local Government is naturally anxious about the prospect of a falling off in the revenue derived from the Opium Grant. The Attorney General has just been on circuit and is now on leave and the Colonial Secretary is to follow in a few days. Now head officials will probably call at the Colonial Office and put all the arguments they...
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