CO129-162 - Sir Kennedy - 1873 [1-3] — Page 167

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and the "Providencia" have, I believe, required especial notoriety.

The added tonnage of all the Ships I have marked is about 10,152; a reference to the Harbor Master would readily show what number of Coolies such a tonnage would carry.

I beg respectfully to call the attention of His Excellency The Governor to this state of matters in this Harbor. The legitimate trade between this port and the whole of China is, I believe, very limited indeed.

According to former practice, these twelve vessels, or most of them, are now in preparation, probably down to the Grade... I fear that a searching examination just previous to the papers being given would demonstrate the accuracy of the representations made to His Lordship, to which Lord Kimberley refers in his Despatch, Hongkong, No. 173, dated the 20th November last, a copy of which your Excellency forwarded to me.

One of my decisions in a Case - now more than eighteen months since, I referred to the fitting out of Ships

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and the "Providencia" have, I believe, required especial notoriety. The added tonnage of all the Ships I have marked is about 10,152; a reference to the Harbor Master would readily show what number of Coolies such a tonnage would carry. I beg respectfully to call the attention of His Excellency The Governor to this state of matters in this Harbor. The legitimate trade between this port and the whole of China is, I believe, very limited indeed. According to former practice, these twelve vessels, or most of them, are now in preparation, probably down to the Grade... I fear that a searching examination just previous to the papers being given would demonstrate the accuracy of the representations made to His Lordship, to which Lord Kimberley refers in his Despatch, Hongkong, No. 173, dated the 20th November last, a copy of which your Excellency forwarded to me. One of my decisions in a Case - now more than eighteen months since, I referred to the fitting out of Ships
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and the "Providencia "have I believe

required expecial notoriety -

The added tonnage of all the Ships I have marked is about

10,152; a reference to the Harbor Master

would

ld readily Coolies such

of

carry-

show what number

a

tonnage

would

I beg respectfully to call the attention of His Exallenay The Governor to this state

in this Harbor._

of

matters

The

legit

gitimate trade betwveen

Whis

port

is I believe

and the whole of China

very

limited indeed...

According to former practice these tivelve vefele or most of them

are now.

vice and water.

163

in preparation probably down to

for the boolis. Grade... I fear that a seanking examination just previous to the

papers being given touch ship would demonstrate the accuracy of

the

representations made to tis

Lordship to which food Kimberley

in his Despatch, Hongstong

refers in

N.173 dated, the 20th November last,

direction of

His

of which by Excellency you forwarded a copy

me.

S

one

of my

The Quos - A ling

than eighteen

referred

to

decisions in

Case - now more

monthe

since, I

to the fitting out of Ships

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