CO129-034 - Sir Bonham - 1850 [9-12] — Page 333

abortive, should conduct us

by a

easy)

4

transition to its actual standing and present prospects ; which I propose to lay before

to the best of my knowledge

Subjoined.

GemoiAN.

dummand)

کرے اور مجھے

the

have the honor to be

Your Brecellency:

Most Obedient humble serot

&. H. Mitchel

Wieleria, Hongkong.

November 10th 1850..

Memorandum upon als parent

Condition _ trade_and

the

· prospects of the s

Colony of Hongkong

I now purposes le consider the

to

Kolony

as it stands ___ to set forth the

briefly

I am glad to pay

a

prosperous

I entertain.

by

trade carried on in it and to discus &

its bona fide prospects . and these

Milans discouraging

Are

I find the settlement at this

condition; and

ent in

22077 En

fair hopes of it's future, when certain obstruction,

local and

: political, which I chall presently ) notice, shall have been pemoved.

Though the Treaty of tanking had the effect of cutting off Hongkong from all share in the trade between Great Britain - and China, there to as one use

for it which it could not disturb . The

and has since continued; port shortly became

the

great depôt of our Opium traffic

on

these