CO129-174 - Sir Kennedy - 1876 [4-8] — Page 465

15th June 1876

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Choying Men (introduced by Thang A Sun)

states

I have been living at Hongkong for four years. I stayed at the "Queen's Jai" or "Kong" for one year, but with that exception I have lived at the "No Jai" stong.

I formerly had a business with Formosa at Amoy - but for the past four years I have had nothing to do with Amoy.

The port in Formosa where my house is situated is Lokong. It is twenty miles from Tamsui - I export from Formosa tea, camphor, camphor wood, sugar, and hemp.

I send there from Hongkong opium, piece goods, Chinese medicine, iron pots, and other articles of merchandise.

My annual trade between here and Lokong amounts to fifty or sixty thousand dollars.

I am the largest shareholder in the partnership. The trading was formerly conducted under another name.

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