CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5] — Page 618

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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and that in return the banks

brought to this Colony various products China which ultimately found

their

way

to the Consumers in

Europe, but that, whatever

immense

advantage their inruence fleet

of

Sanks

sway

be in opening up or supplying markets in China with British goods, that advantage was restricted by the operation of the Chinese Customs stations, and by the taxes levied in Hongkong on the Junk trade. They pointed out that the trade in all foreign shipping / German.

and American as well as

English

shipping) was free to and from this

Colony, either as

regards restrictions

on the Customs Stations near

Stougtong, or the local taxes Shipping, and that those restrictions

were confined solely to native repels. They mentioned the following

as some of

the principal

were

Articles trose untive verpels employed by them in conveying

from Stougtong to the China and

the shores of

other markets on the China Sen :-

Cotton Price Lons- Woollen goods - Flannels

Blankets Cotton Harn

Drills

میدانانگ سالار

Cloth Gooks Velvet. -

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