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in fact to run the risk of being imposed upon by the artful sellers. According to what Thom. 10i Tang the leammiferoner who returned from Clongtong informed

Your Execelleney good enough to

me

Government wanted

I

ought

to

wao

Day

that if on

Heamer

any

and

Your Inculleney

communicate with

Yau Excellency

would have me built. Youe Coullency also said that o

good

Steamer which would be sea) = could be obtained years to come

worthy for many

for

wo

at a

reasonable price. Being apprized conversation with this Officer

in

of the good intention of Yan Crullency, I immediatel

303

ediately memorialize s

gracios

the it move and received a communication from On Mayerly that he greatly appreciated. You Brullency's good offices. By Chin "Majesty' a Command "I have

to make

of

This

communication

and to appoint Wan hui Ken, the Vice-president of the Brand

Revenue, to bear this despatch to Your Excellency trusting that ( fave Excellency will render every assistance by ordering me

M

Stearner to be constructed at a

price of about seventy or eighty

thavond dollars. We hull and/