CO129-210 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [6-7] — Page 30

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To little is known in England of this quarter of the globe that I may be expected to take this opportunity of submitting a brief account of Macao. It will be recollected that this is the most ancient European settlement in the Far East, for the Portuguese first founded it in A.D. 1557. For nearly three centuries, Macao continued to be the centre of European trade and the residence of the principal European Merchants in the China seas. But the foundation in 1843 of the English Colony of Hongkong and its rapid progress during the last forty years, with its more commanding position and deep and spacious harbour, have reduced Macao to little more than a shadow of its former importance. Its port is shallow, and is filled with sand and mud so as to be no longer accessible to the large ships of modern commerce. It is indeed a striking change to pass, in a voyage of four or five hours, from the vigorous life, from the glare and bustle, from the crowded harbour

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To little is known in England of this quarter of the globe that I may be expected to take this opportunity of submitting a brief account of Macao. It will be recollected that this is the most ancient European settlement in the Far East, for the Portuguese first founded it in A.D. 1557. For nearly three centuries, Macao continued to be the centre of European trade and the residence of the principal European Merchants in the China seas. But the foundation in 1843 of the English Colony of Hongkong and its rapid progress during the last forty years, with its more commanding position and deep and spacious harbour, have reduced Macao to little more than a shadow of its former importance. Its port is shallow, and is filled with sand and mud so as to be no longer accessible to the large ships of modern commerce. It is indeed a striking change to pass, in a voyage of four or five hours, from the vigorous life, from the glare and bustle, from the crowded harbour Page 30 Page 31
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4 29 3. To little is known in England of this quarter of the globe that I may be expeated to take this opportunity of submitting brief account of elbread. It will be recollected that this is the- most ancient European settlement in the Far East, for the Portuguese first founded it in A.D. 1857. For nearly three centuries, Macas continued to be the centre of European trade and the residence of the prinsipal European Merchants in the China seas. But the foundation in 1843 of the English Colony of of Hongkong and it's rapid progress during the last forty years, with its more combined commanding position and deep and spacious harbour, have reduced Macas, little more than a shadow of its former importance. Its port is shallow, and is filled with sand and mud as to be no longer accessible to the large shipe of modern is indeed a striking change to pass, in a com meree. It a voyage of four or five hours, from the vigorous life, from the glare and bustle, from the crowded harbour Page 30Page 31
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To little is known in

England of this

quarter of the globe that I may be expeated to take this opportunity of submitting brief account of elbread. It will

be recollected that this is the-

most ancient European settlement

in

the Far East, for the Portuguese first founded it in A.D. 1857. For nearly three centuries, Macas continued to be the centre of European trade and the residence of the prinsipal European Merchants in the China seas. But the

foundation in 1843 of the English Colony

of

of Hongkong and it's rapid progress during the last forty years,

with its more

combined

commanding position

and deep and spacious harbour, have reduced Macas, little more than a shadow of its former

importance. Its port is shallow, and

is

filled with sand and mud as to be no longer accessible to the large shipe of modern is indeed a striking change to pass,

in a

com meree.

It

a voyage of four or five hours, from the vigorous life, from

the

glare and bustle, from the crowded

harbour

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