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the Colonial Gaol, which, was erected only for temporary, use, has been attended
with much practical inconvencinice : but with the arrival from England of an authority
to construct more suitable
Prisons, the Works have been commenced,
Itrust their completion is not very far distant.
I have the honor to be,
With the highest respect,
Sir,
Your Most Obedient Humble Servant,
Remarks upon
emarks upon the present state of Native trade with this Colony.
The obstacles which our
intercourec
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with China has to encounter, ought
to be pointed out, to effect in Removal.
1. From 1839 until now, there has
piracy along the whole coast, and though the cutlaws demained at times quiet, they very
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appeared again, to strike terror in the peaceful merchant junts. This coil does not merely exist in the neighbour had of Canton, but extends as far as Teintsin and is most fearful in the Coast of Totreen
The principal entrances to Houghtong are through a
where these Euffians
can
passages,
lie in wait, and
ponce upon their victims with great -
Rapidity.