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to the Assistant Chinese Secretory bears upon the native Trade of Songhong, and shows that in 1851 the Harbour of Victoria was visited bo 1004 Sea-goins Suntes,- bring increase of nearly 20 per cent upon the monthly

avclase of 1850.

Frade

مامة

With regard to the whaling

wou

which I offered

come

Aservations in my Cart Report, I may state that it has, as anticipated, imercated considerably during thin

K

입

present season. Between the 2 Occcmber 1851 and the 21th February last, $preuels of this decouption anied at Aonghong. Their cargoes, royears from the incioued printed Staternent furnished by N.13.

arrived

the Consignees (an American Fům), consisted

Sperm Oil - 140,017/12 gallons

C

Master's Returns

(page

the

113

Whale Oil - 476.185% Gallon: Whale Bone- 74,174 tbs.

the above, it seems by the Harbour

2064

Blue Books, that only 17,675 gallons of

whale oil, and 8,399 its

Sperm, 20,080 of

of Bome, were exported from

England-

hence

Grown Land. 9.

The

fixed

Revenue under this

head, abstracted from the Rent Roll

for the year ending 25+ December 185, was as follows_

Mercantile Forms. Private Individuals Chinese

£4,906,8.5%

#

4277-9-04 1512.7.91⁄2

£

£10,696,5,37

F

the

that for the

Year 1850, is £ 597 + 7 + 21⁄2;

The decrease in this item

Colonial Revenue as conrated with