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and

the extension of Steam

years ago; communication to Shen

Shanghai will of course work further change

Hong Kong

Can't Move.

have a

Legitimate junk trade, worth a name, until the clauses of the Supplementary

Treaty limiting the Junk Trade be

abrogated.

Sugar

districts and

This Colony

is under the

Treaty,

present punishable, as far

as the native is concerned, with

death and confiscation of goods. The

smuggling trade is, at present, too insignificant

to awaken the jealousy of the Chinese

Government; were it important our Treaty

justifies their interference with it at once.

Thus the influence of the great houses deprives this Colony of a share in the Opium Trade, and the Supplementary Treaty renders it illegal to have

any

Junk trade, save with ports, where

361

we do not want it, as our own ships frequent

them,

and our own Merchants conduct the

trade.

But were - even were Opium smuggling legalised)

and the invidious clauses annulled, we

never could have a Colonial Trade in

any

produce of China),

for the reasons

given

in the introductory letter page,

that they

would not

bring at

their own risk the

precious

trade to carry.

The present Junk trade is quite

irregular

and

adventitious

no estimate

can be made of its value or extent.

As a whaling station,

Hong Kong

has been frequented

by many ships in 1845,

which feared to go to the Sandwich

Islands or the Pacific Ports, lest their

crew

should desert to California:


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and the extension of Steam years ago; communication to Shen Shanghai will of course work further change Hong Kong Can't Move. have a Legitimate junk trade, worth a name, until the clauses of the Supplementary Treaty limiting the Junk Trade be abrogated. Sugar districts and This Colony is under the Treaty, present punishable, as far as the native is concerned, with death and confiscation of goods. The smuggling trade is, at present, too insignificant to awaken the jealousy of the Chinese Government; were it important our Treaty justifies their interference with it at once. Thus the influence of the great houses deprives this Colony of a share in the Opium Trade, and the Supplementary Treaty renders it illegal to have any Junk trade, save with ports, where 361 we do not want it, as our own ships frequent them, and our own Merchants conduct the trade. But were - even were Opium smuggling legalised) and the invidious clauses annulled, we never could have a Colonial Trade in any produce of China), for the reasons given in the introductory letter page, that they would not bring at their own risk the precious trade to carry. The present Junk trade is quite irregular and adventitious no estimate can be made of its value or extent. As a whaling station, Hong Kong has been frequented by many ships in 1845, which feared to go to the Sandwich Islands or the Pacific Ports, lest their crew should desert to California: Page 361
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an d

the extension of Steam

years ago; communication to Shen

Shanghas to will of

course torks further change

Honghong

Can't Meve.

have a

Legitim : ato junk ter de, worth a name, until the clauses of the Supplementary

Treaty limiting the fund Trade be

Trade,

de, as above, between thes

abrogated.

Sugar

districts and

This Colony

is ab

under the

Greaty,

present punishables,

fas

as

the native is concerned, with

death and confiscation of goods _ The

ftank trade is, at present, toe insi

insignificant - jealousy of the Chinese

Theaty

to awaken the

Government ; were it important our justifies their interference with it at once.

Thus the influence of live great houses deprives this Colony of a share in the Opium Spade, and the Supplementary renders it illegal to have

Speaty

any

Junk itrade, save with ports, where

361

ޕޓ އޕަ

do not want it, as our own ships frequent

them,

and our own Merchants conduct, the

hoffie.

But were

- even wew Opinens legalised)

and the invidious clauses annulled, we

never could have a Colonial Trade in

but the

any

اری رہنے کے

ars Ev

produce of China),

given

for the reasons

that they

letter pag

their

which our

in the introductör

trould not

lory

bring at

own risk the onora precious

ships

trade to cany.

8 go

car goes to the chief outlets of

de

"the present Junts its o do is quite

insgular

ular and

adventitious

estimate

F10 A

can be mode of its value or extent. –

As a whaling staten. He

has been prisiteds

1849

: Honghong

by many ships in 1845,

to go

which feared to go to the Sandwiché

Islands at the Pacific Ports, lest their

Allwd

should desert to California :

رم کی کیم

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