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and Californian ports than the "wasting"

and "Hop Ling" Chops of the Chaps Shing

and yet it will be seen how

Company,

The Chap Thing got whatever license it

baulked.

that

Thus it appears

before

the Year yan-hoo people went hence to

1874 there

Macao, and since they have had to return

Kowtong stong. The Porn Yee Company Combination of You Too and Chap Thing

Gys

continued to hold the Hong Kong Monopoly

pro

ich

1879, when Bar Itap as he was

called got the farm for a period of 3 years Commencing on the 1st March

of

if

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That year

year paying

the Govern

First Cohes

of

$205,000 per annum. In 1887

Pope kuurry had scheduled the value

the farm at a higher rate than we were

receiving and pointed out that the

Government might have to take the

working of it. See Appendix page 3754. The

Amount realised from Bare Stap was a

very great increase on previous years –

Bar Hap formed a Company and called it The Man-Wo-Fung - Unfortunately, however, Bar Stap was a Stranger from Sansui, and

a native

of

Takshan and there was little

Sympathy with him here

During

the

half-year.