CO129-179 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [9-12] — Page 161

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is to whether Macao should or

should not be regarded)

Ad

foreign port. But while -- carefully avoiding this question, the Governor

thinks that my attempt at an excisefaire levy might fairly be brought

to the Vote. Amy's notice with a view

to have it so reduced is to be no

substantial impediment to trade.

I have fo

(Signed) W. H. Marsh, Acting Colonial Secretary

(In continuation)

J. H. Smith,

Acting Colonial Secretary

THE CHINA MAIL.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1877.

We are informed that grave complaints are now being made by the Chinese Merchants

in the Colony on the establishment of new rules at the Customs Station at Capsu-lmoon. Formerly the Lekin tax alone was exacted from opium there, but within the last month or so, the officers have extended their operations to everything, levying taxes on all kinds of goods, the same as is done at the Maritime Customs at Canton. Since the inauguration of these new rules, the officers have hitherto thought it wise to exempt Chinese vessels trading between Macao and Hongkong from the operation of the new rules as being traders from one foreign port to another; but emboldened probably by the tacit acquiescence to the exaction (which is submitted to by Chinese vessels trading with Hongkong and elsewhere) or probably from a desire to test the question of the sovereignty of Macao, they have recently seized a Chinese junk laden with timber from Hongkong bound for Macao. The owners, merchants in Hongkong, are now representing the matter to the Government, and we hope that vigorous efforts will be made to settle this vexed blockade question,

Not trus

Page 136 appears to be missing content, and "Not trus" seems to be an incomplete sentence or a fragment. The text appears to be a mix of official correspondence and a newspaper article from "THE CHINA MAIL" dated HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1877. The article discusses the imposition of new customs rules at Capsu-lmoon (likely referring to a location such as Kaiping or a similar name) and the seizure of a Chinese junk by customs officers, sparking complaints from Chinese merchants in the colony.

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136

159

is to whether Macao should or

should not be regarded)

Ad

foreign port. But while -- carefully avoiding this question, the Governor

thinks that my attempt at an excise fare levy might fairly be brought

to the Vote. Amy's notice with a view

to have it so reduced is to be no

substantial impediment to trade.

I have fo

(Signed) W. H. Marsh, Acting Colonial Secretary

(In continuation)

J. H. Smith,

Acting Colonial Secretary

THE CHINA MAIL.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1877.

We are informed that grave complaints are now being made by the Chinese Merchants

in the Colony on the establishment of new rules at the Customs Station at Capsu-lmoon. Formerly the Lekin tax alone was exacted from opium there, but within the last month or so, the officers have extended their operations to everything, levying taxes on all kinds of goods, the same as is done at the Maritime Customs at Canton. Since the inauguration of these new rules, the officers have hitherto thought it wise to exempt Chinese vessels trading between Macao and Hongkong from the operation of the new rules as being traders from one foreign port to another; but emboldened probably by the tacit acquiescence to the exaction (which is submitted to by Chinese vessels trading with Hongkong and elsewhere) or probably from a desire to test the question of the sovereignty of Macao, they have recently seized a Chinese junk laden with timber from Hongkong bound for Macao. The owners, merchants in Hongkong, are now representing the matter to the Government, and we hope that vigorous efforts will be made to settle this vexed blockade question,

Not trus