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An Chinese Account

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their destination

duratly to the ports of wither - touching here or clanders.

otherwisea

We might have had

considerable

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considerable emporium here for the Straits produce, but this change has prevented it. A few Sunks that touched at Victoria to buy these arti- -ales, were obliged to forered

to other ponts to get a large,

whilst others that wished to

collect the Exports for the Archipelage, could not find a sufficient quantity

on the spot

and had to send to Canton

purchase there I. Ad a great dram

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rity

drawback.

Commercial prospe=

mention the

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absence

of respectable Chinese