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an English letter readily and neatly, and who discourage, therefore, any attempt to give Chinese youths a thorough command of the English language.
29. Her Majesty's Government will, however, see from the enclosed reports that within the last two or three years the practice of teaching English has been restored in the smaller Government schools; and in course of time I hope to render the Central School more useful in this respect.
Trade and Commerce.
30. For several years past the trade of Hong Kong has been steadily increasing. The Harbour Master states that the total number of all vessels entered and cleared in the year 1880 was 62,495, with a tonnage of 8,634,376.
31. A large fleet of Chinese-owned steamers, and, since last year, the steamers of a Japanese Company, are now competing with the foreign shipowners.
32. The German and American merchants, who at one time were displacing British traders, are now being displaced in turn by the Anglo-Chinese merchants of Hong Kong. The latter have become the chief means of sending British goods into China; and thus the native dealers and consumers in China find themselves brought closer every day to the British manufacturers. Under the old system in Hong Kong there stood between the manufacturer in England and the consumer in China a number of more or less costly intermediaries. Whilst the area for the consumption of foreign goods in China has been extending, owing to the tranquillity of the country and the quiet development of its internal resources, the cost to the consumer of such goods has been declining for many reasons, of which the increased number of Chinese merchants in this Colony is one, and hence the great increase in the general trade.
33. Even in the short time that I have been here the business premises of some well-known European and American firms have been purchased by Chinese.
**Opium**
34. Last year the number of chests of opium brought to Hong Kong from India was 87,747. The estimated value of which was $58,248,235. The greater part of this is taken to the Treaty Ports in foreign steamers, some of it is carried coastwise in junks, and a small quantity is prepared in the Colony for the opium smokers.
35. The Hong Kong Government gets at present $205,000 per annum from the Opium Farm, which is practically levying an ad valorem tax on it of more than 100 percent to the consumer.
36. I agree with Sir Thomas Wade that by the opium smuggling from Hong Kong into China the Government of China loses at least a million taels of revenue per annum.
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an English letter readily and neatly, and who discourage, therefore, any attempt to give Chinese youths a thorough command of the English language."
29. Her Majesty's Government will, however,.see from the en- closed reports that within the last two or three years the practice of teaching English has been restored in the smaller Government schools; and in course of time I hope to render the Central· School more useful in this respect.
Trade and Commerce.
30. For several years past the trade of Hong Kong has been steadily increasing. The Harbour Master states that the total. number of all vessels entered and cleared in the year 1880 was 62,495, with a tonnage of 8,634,376.
31. A large fleet of Chinese owned steamers, and, since last year, the steamers of a Japanese Company, are now competing. with the foreign shipowners.
32. The German and American merchants, who at one time were displacing British traders, are, now being displaced in turn by the Anglo-Chinese merchants of Hong Kong. The latter have become the chief. means of sending British goods into. China; and thus the native dealers and consumers in China find themselves brought closer every day to the British manufacturers. Under the old system in Hong Kong there stood between the manufacturer in England and the consumer in China a number of more or less costly intermediaries. Whilst the area for the consumption of foreign goods in China has been extending, owing to the tranquillity of the country and the quiet development of its internal resources, the cost to the consumer of such goods has been declining for, many reasons, of which the increased, number of Chinese, merchants in this Colony is one, and hence the great increase in the general trade.
33. Even in the short time that I have been here the business premises of some well known, European and American firms have. been purchased by Chinese..
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Opium
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34. Last year the number of chests of opium brought to Hong Kong from India was 87,747. The estimated value of which was 58,248,235 The greater part of this is taken to the Treaty Ports in foreign steamers, some of it is carried coastwise in junks, and a small quantity is prepared in the Colony: for the opium
smokers.
35. The Hong Kong Government gets at present $205,000 per annum from the Opium Farm, which is practically levying an ad valorem tax on it, of more than 100, percent. to the
consumer.
36. 1 agree with Sir Thomas Wade that by the opium smuggling from Hong Kong into China the Government of China loses at least a million of taels of revenue per annum.
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