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Houghtons.

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18th March, 1875.

Goverun

John Pope Huruchy, C. A.G.

to

The Right Honorable

Sir Michael Hicks Bench, M.P.

Transmitting Harbor Master's

report on the Sunk trade and blockade of Hougtong- Adverting to valuable Services

lin Brooke Robertson.

of

Extract from the Harbour Master's Report ...

dated 5th of ellarch 1878 on the trade and

Commerce

of Hongtong for the year 1874

Junk Grade

The whole trade in Ports outside the leolony

arriving from amounted last year

junks

to 26,500 vessels.

and 1,798,788 tons, being 1186 vessels and 71,332 tons in excess of the arrivals in 1876. In view of the much greater facilities offered by the conveyance of... goods and passengers in vessels propelled by steam it is surprising to find the

trade in native bottoms on the increase.

I attribute some

of the apparent increase.