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commodities in our
changed;
7.20 that is
is very difficult to obtain manufactures
large quantities. But as
a teas in
a
starting point : Hongkong will ever hold very high place, though fear inferive".
Quran...
We should also mention the
:
extensive fisheries carried on
on by the inhabitants of Stanley and Aberdeen, which employ a goodly number of boats, or As no written account however has been rept, it would be very difficult to give the number of the smacks and still : fece of their produce :
4.
On the whole we must live
in hopes, that a more propitious state of things will take place, and that Hongtong,
at least in some measure will answer
expectations of the founder...
(Signed) Charles Gutzlaff, Prince Secretary
the
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Frederich W. A. Boney