CO129-035 - Public Offices - 1850 — Page 22

Buse
Admiralty
Pranghae, Thowking, broken wares
and other
sundry stores () Silk
in the city and cotton Cloth in the
neighbourhood.

The tea Hills are
a few days'
Journey
distant.
An inferior Brand of green tea is
grown
in the same district.

The disposition of the people
Generally to trade is
According
very favourable
to the opinion of the
Masters of the vessels I mentioned having met in the River,
possible for
but as far as it was in my power to Judge I do not think that even with the encouragement that
A Consular Establishment would

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Afford, any great trade could be developed in this quarter. Seeing the supply of European goods to be
fully equal to the demand and therefore whatever increase to the present trade might be realized
here would be only diverted from
other Ports as high, and for Chea
And even
may. Perhaps as a
Depot for goods waiting transit into the interior Hanchon might
from its Central position and Canal means of
Communication become

A
great commercial importance but
the
very general air of Prosperity not only in the City of Manchow but in
AGENT.
Board
Trade
Treas

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