2. Do they keep up any preventive service, or incur any expense for the purpose of protecting their rights, or do they use any other means than those employed in England by holders of Spirits licences for their protection?
The present holders of Licences do not keep any preventive service, nor in any way incur any expense to protect their privilege - neither do they trouble themselves about it. Only in two instances have they given information to the Police of illicit trading. Under the former system expiring July 1847, a preventive Service was maintained by the holders of the License.
3. Is the Salt brought here sold on the coast or in the River and is the certificate of weight given by the licensed weigher here of importance to the Junks?
3. Almost all the salt is shipped from the East and West Coast, those with Port Cargo Clearances take it direct to Canton, those without such Port Clearances cannot take it and it is brought to Houghing or the Taipa for sale to smugglers, the latter take it through the Bocca Tigris Westward to Showan in Shuntak district, some is taken to Whampoa in lorcha and some to Tong-Koong, and Tseung-sheang district. The Certificate of weight given here is merely a receipt for so much money for a certain quantity of salt, which is given by the seller, the weight being marked on the certificate. This certificate or receipt may be of use in Houghtong but it cannot be of any service to the smuggler inside the Bocca Tigris, Chinese would not purchase on the faith of any document.
4. Are any of the Stalls in the markets assessed?
4. The whole of the property in the markets is assessed: if the Stalls...
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2. Do they keep up any preventive
service, or any single
the purpose of protecting
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their
rights, or do they use any other
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England by holders
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Spirits liecures for their protection ?
3. Is the Salt brought here
The prescent holders of Siences
do not keep any preventive
service, a in any way ineur
any expence to protect their privilege - neither do they.
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to trouble themselves about it
only in two instanges have
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they
given information to the Police of illicit trading.
Under the former system expiring. July 1847, a preventive
Service was
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maintained by
of the License.
3. Almost all the salt is
sold on the coast on in the fautor shipped from the East and
River on in both places; and is
the certificate of weight given by the liecued weigher here of importance to the Juntinen?
West Coast, those with Port
Cargo
Clearances take their direct to Canton those without such Port Clearanes
cannot take it and it is
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Are any of the Stalls
in the markets asserted to
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brought to Houghing or the Taipa
for sale to smugglers, the latter take it through the Boque moth
Westward to Showan in
Shuntuk district,
some is taken
to Whampoa in lorehas and
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some to Tong-Koong, and Tenng-sheang district. The Certificate of weight
given here is merely a recipt.for to munch mancy for
Amoney for a certain quantity of salt, which is given by the seller, the wrigh manginn
us certificate. This certificate
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or recipt may be of use in Houghtong but it cannot be of any service to the smuggler inside the Boque Chinese would purchasempor the faith of any document . _
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4. The whole of the property in the
markets is assessed : if the Stalls
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