CO129-141 - Public Offices - 1869 — Page 148

Lai

"

The largest

"Piece goods, &c. by Hongthong & Swatow.

amount of opium is imported " to Shekleong on the "Canton river by "natives, from Hongkong, & it finds

way

its

into the interior from there. _ Whether Chinese Revenue Cruizers

in the vicinity of Hongthong, may have unduly interfered with Chinese Junk's sailing from the island so as

with the legitimate

to

as to interfere

trade

of the Colony

to other Countries, such as the Straits

or Cambodia, I cannot say.

But,

face of these

so far as appears on the face of

proceedings, what the Chamber of Commerce

really objects to is

on the

any interference

"part of the Chinese Authorities

with: "Junks coming from or going to

Port

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Port under Chinese Papers ; & such a pretension

QA

this is

altogether untenable.

Even the China Mail admits that the

"Chinese have a perfect right, as far

as

the

Treaty is

taxes they like

1, to levy any

is concerned, to

Chinese owned

on

property

in Chinese Junks belonging to a Chinese

Port,"

I have

(00) Rutherford Alcock.