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been left. As it is when boiled much cheaper than the salt produced in the interim, which is subject to the gabelle, it finds at Houghing a ready sale, for salting fish and for taking it illegally up to Canton.
Next to it the stone trade is deserving of our attention. The only produce of Houghing for exportation is granite, and though a very considerable article, still it employs many hands, a great number of boats, each about 70 to 100-Tons, and some capital. There are seldom less than a hundred of the above craft which monthly have this with a full cargo for the interior, and it is considered a profitable trade, because instantly in demand, as Stonemasons will always fetch a good price in proportion as buildings are in the course of creation.
The fisheries carried on from Aberdeen, Stanley, are in a flourishing condition, and consequently also the trade in Saltfish which the mass of the people generally eat with their Rice. How many sons of seamen and fishermen belonging to these places, however, being absent at sea for a year, make up the accounts with their partners and owners, the harbours are full of them. It would be well to inquire into the tonnage and issue regular passes to these boats.
And for some months past, small in-vessels have been leaving out for Hainan, Tinpak and the West coast of Kwangting province in general. They take a good quantity of Raw Cotton and likewise opium and carry on a thriving commerce.
The junks that pass the harbour come principally from Touches and there hang districts in Kwangting, and from this port and Cham in To keen. The large Ngan Vessels which arrived in summer from Canton...
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