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from the Harbour Master's Peint datek 574 March 1878, on the brake mich

Commerce of Hong Kow for the sart

2.

and

sart fear.

Cartain Rommett records

increase in the tank trade for

the

Vyear 1877 of

1186 Vipels

and 71,352

332 Cous

in exces of the year 1876.

In the much discuped queetin

of the Blockade of Houghtong by the

dimere revenue Cruizers, the Harbor

Master camp :-

"Grievances which at one time

were

in

سلة

continually crossing

have

great

measure if not entirely,

ceased; and the hovert trader

does not now

seem to be interfered

Soo

201!!

205

"

with more

"

than is necepary

necesary to

the Chinese revenne

protect the Chimere

4.

canart kansmit this statement without adding that the

important result to which the Harbor

Master soints is mainly due, as

had already indicated in my

Desfated 1.8.4 of 350 August 1977

the indefatigable exertions

Brooke Robertson.

I

t

of

Sir

I have the hown to be,

Sir,

Your work Fedient, Humble Servant