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dinoult of accone, its actionisten further pose, for instance, that thy Government bed in the patts of duty than the action which trom the fret monopolised the distillation and would leave things to their natural sourse, In-sale of spirits in Great Britain. A kundred otion, in auob a' case would mean stirkiniof years bande che este would probably have in- rasponsibility and nagleet of duty. If it is the reased greatly, and the generation then being ravcouc which in dorived from this partial fhl. might feel molined to blame the Govorazcat Elment of duty which is objectionable, we can for the increase and yot we 400 now that onte say "What is to be done with it monet un raised just as mnalins the fines which a magistrota imposes for a branch of the lawn a great déni greatőr, so that whatever, nation must be inflicted, and it certainly soams botter the Governmout took abort of prohibition the in either instauco lo utilize the money Tather roeult would have been the same, and that bhan to throw it away bechisa it is gained to therofors if the Government wara ranno ible SAN putting downna cril. We do not for a moment at all for that state of things it was equally pretend to say that the Government, in mono-no.whether the trade was left to itself or consi polis ng opium, rents doce monopoliso 3 with Auster by the Government, and no frogh respon the philythrophic view of limiting ita conaump-albility would have been estiued bad the bim by the Chinese, but ibat if it did hold Government toonopolised the liquor trillo itsolf responsible for the effects of apines up from the fast. In the same way with opium, the the Uhinese, one of the best restrialize correan, next to absoluto prohibition of the growth of the poppy, would be the monopoly of the drag that oaked the mischief,
*But after all on what grounds can the effects of ascessive opinn king to obarged Pg4net Thorefore, it is not, na waroniarked, for the
Bridal Government-Dods the mere fact British Government anymore than for en that Tothai tbs baile Sf the poppy into the other Government to take tho, mitintive in-en- Lloveraideat or be people of Indie responsible feavensing to rūbt out su ovil habit from the for the affede which the yoluntary consumption: Chinese unless the vantage tonad which it oo of the drug produces upon the people of China enpies as a great controller of the production of For, wo bave, one that wiiterer sesponsibility the poppy is so donsklerable as to told out väter." attachon to in Indian Fever esentationdjes komto topes of sucedas, supposing to other
increased consumption is not due to the noting at the Governmcat in menopolising the trade, that would under any circumstances, so far as we can.sed, baranormneed just in the same way as the consumption of quo is first Britain
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it not for warspolising, but for permitting the Landaaubensibition we advisable TAKAO vexistence of the trade in any slipe or form | “very doubtful, however, whether the Government venterer, mai) is, is clear that the advance does ponese this great power of central, Tiere which it makes to the rote for the more cou Foment enliivation of the poppy, together with
JAPAN AT THE CENTENNIAL. ike subacquout-manufacture of the drug, and
Four of thy Tapancau- Dommissionera. apz the sale of it to the Calcutta mersants, are so-called Malwa opium is grosia in independent pointed to repressut Jagna at bo Centoroml not the censer which great responsibility, and States, and for a long time formed the sub. do not of themselves impiinto the Governmont Ject of arzious consideration on the part of the Babibition in Filadelphin, arrived at San in the demoralitation of the Chinese, but: aparish Government, who feared that its growthFrancidoo per steamor Gaelic, on Feb. 9th, and simply be necessary deuils of a system which might interfere with tie-Bengal-monopoly registered at the Polace Hotels Phor respond in its goserat efecta is restrictive in operation. They resorted to trenties which they made with be some of Kasuuri osa When face the Government has taken upon the chiefs of the Malva statee to the effect that Kobei Makiyans, Speusu sabi and Motooki elf the pass which must otherwies have been any opium that might be gedwn should be sold. An Alla reporter visited a gentle. taken by the merchants, we repeat it is bound to the British Currnment, and to none ctee, men in the rooms of the Japanese Conaniale, out of consideration for them, to keep the gap and they refused to allow any opium to be or- and from them ascertained the principal features ply up to the demand, as otherwise the result ported from Bombay. The treaties, however: The first that will catch the eye of the visitor
of which the Japanese exhibition would partake. NEW would be, by the oxcrcise of an arbitrary more found to be harsh in their execution and will be Japamene hotel. By its appearence authority, to rob tide of a presumably le promotive of ill foeling, and they are finally and management the observer use readily see gitimato souros of profit, through throwing the abandoned, and a compromise wade instead. trade into other channels from which they by which opium was allowed to be exported how the Japanese live when at home, how they would be noceasneity deburred..
from Borbay upon condition of paying a drone, eat, and sleep what is spread upon the export duty. This opium now forma une-half able, and how it appears before passing under of the total production of Indian opium; the the hands of the cook. The apartments of tho States in which it is grown are etli independent, so will be furnished in Japanese elgle, and will display the taste of the Japanese boteswite and ornainents will of course correspond with pultivated to the highest degree. Furniture
the balance of the cotauisement. The Menny
It, then be Indian Government is respon. sible for the effects of opluc stacking upon the Chinnge, is can only be so on the ground that
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DEESE MATERIALS, ju
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it is from its temories that the detralizing and it would have to be coraidered how the drug is produced. The roasting, however, growth of opium in those States could be pro which makes the government of a country libited, without an extreme exercise of unthority. responsible for the unca to which the people of on the part of the British Government will be really the main feature of the display. anather-country-way voluntarily put itu promerename would apply alas to Persiu, Turkey. The Japanese Government bare appropriated ductions appaus to sound and im and Chins and aluevhere, for it must always about bulf a million of dollars, and in addition ruotiouble. It enlarges the duties and liabili.be remembered that unices the probibition to this amoani numerous exbibitors have con ica of a governant to a crent which is effective in totally putting a stop to the Fluted the quota in the stripe of costly not be put into practice, Cur it is dioult consumption of opium, the only rest articles of vertu, ete. Outside of the appropri to ses how the goversment of constries is to force the market into other channele ation made by the Government, it has experded
the Indian. oniliva- could be carried on if the advisability of at the experiod of profiting by the natural advantages of their for and merchant, the one of whom is pro- 30m 3,000 yon, principally in natural history pogotsalons were to be negatived by the bably not even aware of the existence of China; collections, illestrating the fora and fauna f voluntary misapplication of them in listant and the other of whom for rossone of his own Japan, and in minerals, cres, woods, and raw lande, priciple once conceded, and there finds it profitable to embark in the trade. And materials generally, together a most creditable collection of philosophiesi instruments, made- ie immola introduced into international ngais, even if thy the policy of prohibition, if after foreign examples. relations an ailinout that admits of no bounds were rained by the ita
its ofautiaity of application. Indeed, it rewould still be a question as to how for the
A curious case has been opened in the Irish qirca very slight consideration to perscire tow possible avila of moking to the Quiness pre- oltersivo the asensption of east dictatorini donjunted over the positive good the herb courts on motion to alter counts. A Presby power us the application of this principle im- brought to the Indian. Hitherto we bavo no-terian minister in the north of Ireland bad plies, would be, if acted upon frequently in the cepted as granted all the evils which ard laid to refused. &"token" to one of his ordinary The ordinary soutine of commerce. And yet, how.opin, as they do not interfere with our general óommunicants on the ground, as alleged, that ver offonaive the exercise of such powers would argumont, but go this particular point of he had committed perjury in & case in which be, it wontd still be the duty of government to bomanitarianism, the evil on the one side must the Orowa prosecnted. It was avorred that this pat tiem in force, because filey mexsponsible be carefálly weighed against the good on the was a libol, and for injury to the plaintiff' for the ues to which other people way abous other and it becomes of importanes to see whethor position and character from his being exeludad ht the commoditica which they bare the effects of opium ara really so tremendons from the Sacrament £1,000 was claimed. Baron abased from their territories, they incur fresh as they are tometimes represented to he. We Douay and he would not express an opinion responsibility and blame for reamining have no wish to enter into A diamusafon.on this as to whether there wea's good legal cause of Embroidered LINEN MORNING WEAP junctive. Is it not ach more raudonable to point, but will merely remark that while bon action. The question was a novel and important moittain that the responsibility of a gorera-million pounds represent what a population of one. No doubt there was," he added, “a dia- mont is limited to the effects of the productions free hundred millions nanually pay for a mono. tinction between the position of the Established upon its own subjects, mud that it cannot pospolized and, therefore, expensivo luxury, twenty: Church in England and the position of a sort Billy interface with tho. voluntary misuse of five million pounds is what is annually raised of association for religious purposes bere, which them in oiler counties? Governments are a percentage werely on the eats of liquor was all that any church wow would be considered not the moral censora of the worley and their among a population of thirty milions. At any in Ireland,” active powers in the cause of humanity must rate, therefore, the consumption of opium la in such cages necessarily be limited to the vastly aller than that of liquor in Great Bri promotion of their subjects happiness and taip, in which country such douree na pro- properly.
***
A great lead of misapprehension 4 caused by the fact that the Chinese oro almost to only Coroners of the ding, and, in consequence, principles of fiction are advanced for the rogul tion of our dealings with thom which are entirely Intpaticticutile of folloded out to their logical conclusions and if applied to the world at Jargo. To all intents and porposts China is the universe, the pium trade is concentrated upou her in fol, bat in theory it is open to the world: it happens that by this centralisation of one particular article of cammeroo, the several clements of which the trade is made op Lose their distinctness of individuality, but they and not for that reason destroyed any more that nra destroyed the several fugers of much we 600 only the sum tot in a ray of light, the priam veretle their presenod in the one eneo, and a coful analysis rercale their presence in the other.
bibition of drink on tunaitarion grounds would mover be dreant of; while as to the gand that the Indian derives from opium, it is sui cient to point to the ravennu which ja derived from it which teals to rescue the Indian native from further axation."
As to opinn beings poison, and, therefore, not a marketabis article, we are willing to admit that that ones proved the British Government would perhaps not be justified in allowing the wholesale exportation of it from India. Welail to see, however, tow that can possibly be poison which may be and is taken with impunity, and the excessive donauumption of whiel nloge pros dates harm. It is merely on a par with many! ther-wings of the case description, which it
imposible to reckon as pojeons, and for the conversion of which into exils the individual alone can be held responsible
Lastly, with regard to sachi prohibition based on grounds of expediendy,
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"FOR SAN FRANCISCO,
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JARDINE, MATHESON & CO.
76 493 Hongkong, 11th April, 1876.
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A mart will close For Satuan Pet Pernambuco, 17th is, at 11.30 AM.
to-day's tho
For Bangkok. Per Fuga, to-day, the 17ch jjgt, at 11:30 am
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BOMBAY ST-DENIS, AND PORT LOUIS.
NEFORSDAY, the 20th April, 1820, at Noon, the Company's Steamébip “TRAQUA DDY,” Commandant GAWAIN, with MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECID, & CAR 60, will leave this Fort for the bore plato
Cargo and Specie will be registered for Lon.. dou as well as for Moreilles, and accepted in transit through Marsoilies for the principal places of Europe.
Leitere may also by forwarded to Ladin by the Pooket, but can be paid only a far as Ceylon, The postage to Cavion, must be pre. paid. Suob lettore should be marked Paid so Calle only they will go on from Guiles uliped
following it to the hours of closing the Meila&o,m
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antil
Shipping Orders will be granted till moon, Cargill be received on board until 4PM, Specia and Parcele util? P.M. on the 19th April, 1876 Parcels ronde to be gent on board; tady must beleft at the Agency Obce) Contents and value of Packages are required.
For further particulars, Apply Rt- the 5 Com- pany's Office.
G. DE CHAMREAUX,
Acting Agostoneral Portofler, Hongkong, 12th April, 1876.
STEAM POR SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE. GALLE, ADEN. SUEZ, MALTA, BRINDISI ANCONA, VENICE, MEDI
TERRANEAN FORTSA SOUTHAMPTON, AND LONDON; ALSO;
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above.
For Freight or Passage, spply to
WE. PUŠTAU & Co
Agonts 476 Hongkong. 11th April, 1878.
FOR SHANGHAL. British Stormer
** VIKING,”
Captain Castle, will have immediate despatch
148 WOOVING
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GIBB, LIVINGSTON & C
Agents.
121 Hongkong, 12th April, 1876;
OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
FOR SHANGHAI, Taking Cargo and Passengers at throngs rates for HANKOW, NINOPO, and PORTS în JAPAN
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COAL DEPOT
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Company's Steame
"NESTOR"
will be despatched on or about the 20th instanz. į
For Freight or Passage, apply to
11.30 AM, when the Post Office" CLOSES.
entirely.
ALFRED LISTER,
- Postmaster General,
Hongkong, 6th 2 pril. 1676, «.
MAILS BY THE ENGLISH PACKET The English Contact Packet MONGOLIA, will be despatched with the Mails for Europe. &5., on &ATURDAY, the 22ad.instant.
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Friday, 21el instant,
Officá
THE PEANUTS AND ORIENTAL STAMP.M., Morrinsesses the NIGHT
" MONGOLIA,” Captain A. COLEMAN, "with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above plaera on SATURDAY, the 22nd April, at Noon.:
flargo will be received on board until Noon, Spacie and Farnels at the office until #r.m. the 1st idem.
For Particulare regarding Fraight and Pas- sage, apply at the P&O. 8. N. Co.'s Office Hongkong CONTENTS AND VALUE OF TAOKAÖRS ARE REQUIRED, AN
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A. Molde, aperintendent. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co.'s Offee. Hongkong, 18th April, 1870. OUCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAM- SHIP COMPANY,
:
SENGERS FOR THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE, IN CONNECTION WISH TH CENTRAL AND UNION PACIFIC AND CONNECTING RAILROAD.
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Company's Steamer
"BOWEN"
COMPANIES
AND ATLANTIC STEAMERS:
Box, which remaine.vpon all night. Saturday, 22nd imɛtant,
7 Post Oleo opus for sale of Stamps, Registry of Lettors, and Post. ing of all ccrrespondence.
10 M., Post Office almas except for Late Lettora. Registry of Lettere conse 10.15, Lettere many be posted on payment
of a LA FEE of 18-cents "extra" Postage, until
li hon the. Post-Ofic. CLOSES
entirely.
11:30 A., Letters but Letters only) address
ed to the United Kingdom via Brindisi, or to Singapore, may bo posted on -board the Packet on payment of a Late Fee of 48 canta extra poutage. 1160 AM, Posting on Board ceaser.
· ALFRED LISTER,
Postmaster General, General Post-Ofice,
longkong, 13th April, 1876. MAILS BY THE UNITED STATES' PACKET,
The United States Mail Facket GAELIO, will be despatched on MONDAY, the 1st May-with-Heils for Jupu, San Francisco, Had the United States, which will be "CLOSED as follows:---
2 P.M.
Registry of Letters poised. 2.90 r.M. Pret hee joues,
2.30 p.m. Correspondance may be posted on board the Packet with Late Fes of 12 cents extru Postage, outil ~250 r.1, when the all is fully closed. Correspondence must be specially directed for this route, and if not fully prepaid will be sent by British Puckel-
"Letters, do, can be posted for Canada, the West Indice, and, other Slapes named bolew, suficient Aucrionu stamps are added to prepay thom from Sun Frangisso to destination. Ame. rican Stamps are sold at this Office:
The charge for Registry is 3 cents in Hong
will to despatched e atove about the 206 THE SS. GAELIC will be despatched for kong Stamps and 10 centa in US. Stamps to
Apoit
For Freight or Passage, apply to
* GIBB, LIVINGSTON & To. 427: Dongkong. 1st April, 1876...
** STEAM TU YOKUHAMA. (Taking Cargo at throngb rétes to Broco and NAGARA II.) THE P. 20.5. N. Co's Stenship
"SUNDA"
will leave for the above plave shortly after the arrival of the Stoumship Hindolan with the next English Mail
A. MOIVER,
Superintendent, P.&O. S. N. Co.'s Offiqo,"
Hongkong, 15th April, 1976,
STRAM TO SHANGHAI, NHE P. & O, & N. Qola Steamship.
507
SAM HINDOSTAN.” will leave for thu above place about 24 hours after her arrival with the next English Mail,
LA NOIVER LE
Superintendent. Hongkong, 15th April, 1876. -
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- per share,
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IMPERIAL QUARÃO:
ENGLISH AND CHINESE DICIONART,
PUNTI AND MANDARIN
*PRONUNCIATION,
SALES ON APRIL 15TE, AS DEPORTED DY CHINKSE Quicksilver–51, Basks, of 399,00, by Lee Yen Kes to local trader
American Flour 1,500 bags, 50lbs, at $1,42, Kwong. Wo Shing to looul trader,
Bydney Sandalwood-1,000 pisalo, at $405,
34.08, AB Wing Un Hong to travelling traders.
Saigon Bien-1,800 pictis, at $1.72, Sy Ice Tak Hong to local trader,
Se, the even if the Indian Government di Here wo sip moving in a diferent apberé prohibit the growth of the poppy im. Judia, it altogether, and provided that prohibition wore would not be on the ground of carrying out its based on those grounds, and not on grounds of responsibility. Nor could it be on the ground bumanitarianism the interests of which, however, of relieving the cultivator from responsibility, there would be no harm in indirectly onrrying for he does not even know of the existquge of out, it would become a matter well worthy of Obia, and micrely grows a plaut which for consideration. It is sorely witbin.the.com reason of bis own he finds profitable to culti-pass of in essay of this kind, which is dealing vata Nar, netfy, orm it intollere with the with the position ul the British Gover merchants on these grounds. So long as the from an ethical point of view, w enter into the merchant keeps the Leirs of the country, to matter of the expesioner of a probibisive policy. which he belongs, unl interferea neither with But, oursorily speaking, there is no doubt that the private interests of individuals or with the our relations with the Uhiress Government public interests of the State, it is not for the would be very considerably improved thereby, Gaveragent to stop him from saltug optu, and also very serious ebook would, for the because he is responsible for its effects. That time teing, be given to the opium trade is China. The odiem, too, atibeling to the isu matter-which he must settle with, his oNÜ copacicace. We are not the judges-of his cors Hritish Government for it apparent connection copa, se i vo tints he is wins all we have to with the trade, which will always be liked be careful of is not to do stresams.onreclves, is upon as its real connection, would be dissipated iau matter that resta entirely with himself, and There would be, however, great difioultics in the ot be judged by quy abstract notions of way, and there would be ahav povpral objectiona morality, not could a government possibly son of a most serious kind to this couse, it is, aeror stitute itself the judge of the principles which theless, a perfectly legitimate issue to raise, and regulate-is-condust.
is not attended by the objections of principle that Such prohibition to therefore only be based esiet in a sentimental, or hammitacion puloy. en humanitarian grounds, at on the ground that The prohibition, therefore, by the Govoraucus opi, being a poison, it is not a marketable of India of the cultivation of the poppy and the article, cu lastly on the ground of expediency. exportation of opium not being neecssy in With regard to humanitarianisa, bowwyer, order so relieve itself of responsibility, nor being must remark in the first place that the justifiable on humanitarian grounds, and being habit of opium smoking is not, liko elavery, an lastly, entre purious, uteslutely wrong, so far as effence against the very first principice of the cultivator and the merchant are concerned, ciety. It is not the violent destruction of the personal liberty of ono follow areature by an other, and cannot therefozo'properly speaking be betip with; na in the case of davery, as some thing the very existenes of which is e radicli
The answer to this question lice in the tuppy evil etterly indefensibla por se and the guion which the monopoly was found to effect Extention of which purextenuating circumstances between the fiscal requirements of the State qf- any kind, whatsoever, pau justify. The and the worl and material welfare of the very in obose cases in which the babit people. Even oc son grounds afono a parallel becomes too strong to le cracoke is ural for anch-scoures is to be found ir slavery entered into without coercion, and the still more direct breach of the laws of stributable only to the enbordination of the politipul economy by the prohibition in the meral instincts of a buman being to the cravings istunda of Great Britain and Ireland of the of bis initial nature. It is le he found not growth of tobacco and faz, bat when to the with opium only, and not in Clins ouly, but in evident advantager is forcolndowed in the everything and everywhere, and if the Brittas collection of a legitimate duty itpon the drug. Government wishes for held in which to root were added also the casape it offered from the up the vaunch obain-humanity down to almost certain evils of any nejor aystem, anch the low level above whiel it in vainus smuggling, oppression of the rot, ont prced Vomien 50 bags, at $2.3 by Kwai struggles to rise, why teasel Olius demoralising appetite, and pin, fastly, the when in the very midst of its own terri-arbitrary restrictions which alone, made i torica drazil.conces and all its attendant objectionable, fell almost entirely of tha erila stalk rampons? The fact is, howeror, that people of a foreign country, andthereby inciden- it bus bocenic almost an asian now in modern tally carried out the wishes of the Chinono Governments that any violent and arbitrary Government it checking the spread of opium DE MONTEBELLO CARTE restrictions, such for instanaona the probibition smoking, we think there was euflicicat of the aule of liquor in England, are wrong in justification for the adoption of this policy. principle and inexpedient in practice, hey Tora os conded the question of the involve in unde interenen with social proper policy of the British Government now Fikenty, and necessitatan perpetual and irritating solved into a inottor of expedienos since superveillance which society will not tolerate sume poliny or other must be bad, whether it and wbick in the long run defence the end their be the policy of total probibition or o initiation had in view. Buch evile aust by leaving the trade to itself, or the policy nertraficed and not crusbed
of taxing the poppy lands, or of continuing
next require to ask how far is the Gotern eat justified in putting suy restrictions what- proc upon the trade, and in preventing it from taxing the natural course of free bruke P
In this next place, apart from the generally the same system which has been handed sljcotiornblo chaster of such legislation, it down to it by its predecessors, it is on must to remembered that ciri partit grounds of expediency that thudecision must b not for the British.lovernment, any more than based. The onus probes, however, lies apou For any other government, to taketas initiative Leadvocates of a change, the monopoly toe all pendeavouring to eradicate an evil habit from the advantages of possession great thing the Chinese, nilesatho vintage gronad which it mongeta poople verso to change, and it can nocuplesas great controllar of the prod notion ppeal to experience for it affects upon tha of the poppy which does the misolint is a con.. peuple of India; on the other band; the superior saferable as to give it an, almost positive advantages of a new home net be aesurance that the probibition of the cultivation clearly and amply demonstrated before it on of opium in India world be entirely effectual be adopted, and it must be so mob batter in eradicating the babit from the Chinesecit for ban the existing system as so justify tho Go ho must once more beg,our readers jo bear in vernment in running the inevitable riske of mind that the mere fact that to British Go-makinga ndios reform in long established, vernment grows the poppy and matiafastare, institution. j
tha drug does not implients the Government in
the trade, It being merely a detail in a estem which generally spearing be a "restrictive effect. The Gevornijent ja not thereby assum.
To be continued)
Milled Rios-1,500 piculs, at $1.9, by Tack Meo to local trader.
Yellow Basna 2,000-picals, ut $1.93, by Kwong Wo Channg so local trader,
Shellac-30 pionlu, at $16.60, by Hop Hing to travelling trader.
Black Sessamens-60 bags, at No. 2.0.0, by Hop Iling to travelling trader.
Formicelli- cases, at Tls, 6.6.5, by Kwong Hing Chong to travelling trader.
Aniseed Star 20 packages, at $17.00, by Kin Tai Loong to travelling tradat.
Mow Hong to traveling trader.
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