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THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.

RIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

To the Editor of the

Sir

Macao 1st. April 1842. "Friend of China and Hongkong Gazette,

Hongkong.

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I have to request that you will publish, for the infor- mation of those whom it may concern, the accompany. ing copy

a letter from Commodore L. Kearney. of

- Sire:

Your Obet, Svt.

W. Delano Junr. Vice Consul of the United States of America.

{ Copy. )

U. S. Ship Constellation. Macao Roads, 31st. March, 1842.

The Friend of China and Hongkong Gazette of the 24th inst, contains a shipping report in which is the hame of an American Veesel engaged in carrying -Opinm, therefore I beg you will cause to be made known with equal publicity, and also to the Chinese Authorities, by the translation of the same, that the Government of the United States does not sanction the smuggling of Opium" on this Coast under the American Flag in violation of the Laws of China.

Difficulties arising therefrom in respect to the seizure of any Vessel by the Chinese, the claiments certainly will not, under my instructions, find support, or-any-interposition on my part after the publication of this Notice.

ة الامل

I am, Very Respectfully

Your obt. Servant (Signed) L. KEARNEY.- Commanding the United States East India

Squadron,

To the United States Consul or

Vice Consulat Canton.

OPIUM AND ARDENT SPIRITS.

We have extracted from the Colonist, a statement of the con. sumption of spirituous liquors in New South Wales. Such statis. tics, afford a very deplorable evidence of the moral state and condition of that Colony, Whilst the consumption of ardent spirits there amounts in value to two pounds per head per annum the consumption of opium by the Chinese does not exceed three; pence per head. In saying this, we would not for a moment have it inferred, that we justify, the use of this most potent, but noxious...exhilirant. We deplore deeply, the addiction of the Chinese, to the pernicious practice of smoking opium; at the same time, the smallest knowledge of Chinese character will satisfy one, that its enunciation may be expected; when ardent spirits ahall be used by western nations, solely for medicinal pur poses. Further, we would hesitate not to aver, that a comparison of Chinese and English society will demonstrate that indulging in the use of opium, is with the Chinese, far less subversive of individual duties and social rights than the immoderate use of ardent spirits, by our working population at home. The Chinese Opium sot seeks seclusion from the gaze of the multitude whilst the Foreign Drunkard, openly disgraces his species before the mocking gaze of all.

This humiliating contrast is too often painfully exhibited in our own streets; and what few assaults, disturbances and pollice cases occur, are almost invariably occasioned by the drunken delinquen- cies of our fellow countrymen, whose excesses and freaks ashore excite the astonishment, and we are compelled to add, the contempt of the native population. Ed.

NEW SOUTH WALES,

CONSUMPTION OF SPIRITUOUS Liquors.

The duties on spirits imported, duties on spirits distilled in the colony, permits to remove spirits, licenses to distillers, and licen. sea to retail spirituous and malt liquore these five classes of taxation upon our appetite for strong drink, during the last four- teen years, give the following amounts-fractions of a pound not included. We give only the extremes.

In 1824 1825

-1836 1837

€27,586 42,895 136,562 149,233

Increase on the year £15,309.

Ditto. ditto 5,671. Total in 14 years £1,158,136. Thus has the infant colony paid to Government, in the space of fourteen years, upwards of one million sterling, for permission to drink spirituous liquors! It appears that within these fourteen years there were but but three general musters-namely, in 1828, in 1833, and in 1835. The total population in those years

including free and bond men, women, and chil respectively. dren, was as follows →→

In 1826 TL monst

Revenue from spirite,

In 1833-Total population,

Revenue from spirite,

In 1886 Total population,

Revenue from spirits,

36.598

257,112

60.734

£104.692

77,096

· - - - £138,562

This last comparison gives nearly 2 per head. But The faires way of putting the case in to exclude the amount paid for publi. cana licenses on, one hand, and children under twelve years age. We shall thus have, for the year 1836.

Consume

Direct

Showi territi

from

062.925

TRADE BETWEEN KUMAON AND CHINESE TARTA- RY.-The Agra Ukhbar, received yesterday, contains an interesting communication on the Trade between Kumaon and Chinese Tartary.

tary. The goods exporte

goods exported from Almora, over the Himalayas into the Chinese territories between October 1840 and May 1941, amoun- ted to Rupees 79. 875, viz: Rs. 62,876 over the Juwahir passes. The Imports during the same period amount pass, and 16,500 over the Beeaus and Dharma to Rs. 1,55,700, viz.-by the Juwahir pass, Rs. 1,00,400, and by the Dharma and Beeaus passes Rs. 55,300. The following is a statement of the trade:-

Exports to Chinese Tartary Imports from Do. Sugar candy

Rs. 2,000 Tincal or Borax Gour

2,500 Balt

400 Chowins

Rs. 85,000 20,000 2,200

500

200

Confectionary,

Dates

1,300 Zedoary.

Almonds

700 Saffron

Cloves

400 Tea

Chielies Nutmegs Cardamoma

100 Shawl wool

1,150

500 Shawls

225 Ponies

250 Chinese Silka

Camph-r Indigo

Pewter Kincobs Moleskin &c. Broadcloth

Khurya Coarse cluth Pearls Coral

500 Coarse woollens

150 Goats, and sheep

300 Mule Yaks

17,000 Muak.

4,000 Gold dust

CHINESE LITERATURE.

China is full of books, and schools and colleges. New authors are continually springing up, though com. paratively few of them gain much celebrity. The pro must norable branch of trade. Individuals have

and

active, and the traffic in books is a lucrative

these there are catalogues, some of which contain their libraries, and government its collections. Of simply the titles of books with the names of their authors; but others, in addition to the titles and names, give brief notices of their con

contents, intimating in few words what each work contains Of the imperial library at Peking, there are catalogues in both these forms.

That catalogue of books in the imperial library L 250 noticed in the third Annual Report of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in China-is pro- bably one of the best ever published. It is called Yam 1.500 ting, Sz' Fú taun Suh Tsung Muk, General Catalogue 3.0001

of all the Books in the Four Libraries, by Imperial Au- 1,200 thority. This catalogue is in itself a very valuable 3,000 work, comprised in one hundred and twelve duodecimo 1,200

volumes 1,000 800

12,00

mes

es of 140 or 150 pages each.

The above is from the Chinese Chrestomathy by the Revd. E. C. Bridgman, Macao 1841 We have much 7.000 pleasure in recommending this work, as very valuable, 15,000

not only to the Chinese Student, but to the general 700

reader desirous of acquiring information respecting China and the Chinese.

-Rupees 1,55,700

3,000 Ladak Tamáshas 14,000 Kuldar Rupees

1,000 Orpiment..

800

Penknives, Buttons &c.

550

24,000

1,506

3,500

200

Balance

Rs. 79,375 76,325

Grain Hardware Tobacco Betelnut

Rupees 1,55,700

THE "imports" in the above table were purchased by the Almora merchants from the Bhoteasa race of people partly residing on th

this side the snowy range, and partly on the other, who are the "carriers" of the trade between the two countries. The correspondent of the Vichbar describes them to be

"A very hardy race, living at the limit of almost perpetual snow, and are trained form their infancy to endure cold, and the effects of a rarefied atmosphere. They may be said to have a complete monopoly of the trade, and it is believed that this is a great obstacle to its extension in these distant countries. A very consid erable increase, it is supposed would take place, were a direct communication and free trade with Tartary, estabushed The native merchants of Almora offered to enter into a bond to pay our Government forty thousand Rupees yearly, if they would abolish the Bootia monopoly, and lay open the trade to them. The monopoly is a self-arrogated or self-established one, and no other parties dare to infringe it, such is the fear of the Chinese, whose subjects the Booteas profess to be, and under whose sanction they pretend to hold it, although they principally reside

le in our own territories The undeviating reason for this, as for every thing else, is Cheen ka hookm,"

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The "difference between the exports and imports, as exhibited in the above table, is not, however, all profit, The following is a rough estimate of the expenses:

Sheep and Goats purchased for carriage, Rs. 10,000|| Cotton cloths do. for apparel,

4,000 Coarse Thibetan Woollens re purchased for do, 4.000 Government Land Revenue

4,849 15,000

Interest of Loans from Almora Merchants, Expenses of Jubboos, Goats and Sheep for

Domestic use,

Loans advanced by Bhotias,

Losses of all kinds,

Profit or balance in favor of Bhotias

CHINA. We are glad to find that the Queen's Gov ernment is not disposed to do things by halves. in reference to China. The 98th Regiment has received orders to proceed in a seventy-four to the seat of war, and a fleet of troop-ships bear them company. Meana of transport from India to tho Canton river will thus be abundantly at the disposal of the Indian Government, do the work handsomely. There must be no peace and-for the rest, men enough will doubtless be found to with China now till his Celestial Majesty has been taught how powerless he is when brought into collision with the might of the British empire.-Weekly Paper.

in China are natives of the South of Ireland, and NEARLY all the leading officers in the gallant affairs

Limerick, Major-General Sir Hugh Clough, son of the among them we are proud to record three freemen of late Colonel Gough, City Limerick Militia Captain Bouchier, R. N., son of the late General Bouchier; and Esq., all of this city. Captain Sir Thomas Herbert, Major Sargent, 18th, son of the late James Sargent,

B. now second in command of the navy in China. mp years ago High Sheriff of the county of

Limerick Chronicle.

ON DITE.

On dit-In the Bazaar that Yang an Imperia! Com. missioner is en route, to offer 40,000,000 as com- pensation to the British for the Expenses of the War, and the surrendered Opium: also the cession of Hong. kong as the price ef peace.

On dit -The Chinese have already commenced removing the debris and rubbish preparatory to rebuild." ing the Bogue Forts.

On dit-Colonel Jancigny has given the Imperial Commissioner Yihshan the best advice, and which, it is confidently asserted, he dares not follow.

On dit. — During the last month most stringent measi ures have been taken by the Mandarins for the sup pression of Piracy in the Canton River and its embou. chures: which have issued in the capture of nearly one 4.000 hundred offenders, of which number forty four were 4,000 decapitated at Canton on one day-since then sixteen 6,000 more have been executed-Rigorous measures are still

pursued by the Mandarins against Piracy.

Total.

Rupees

51,849 24,476

76,325

The goods sold to the Bhoteas are rarely paid for in cash, but bonds are taken made able in cash and goods at the

retu

The Kuldar Rupees &TC

cash return in india coinage. of the

not

with

fries beyond our entirely forgotten.

trade with Tartary, and per travel in it one of the

am

ivon

GERMAN SETTLEMENT ON THE NEEBUDDA We learn from Nagpore that a German Mission, consisting of a clergyman, a Medical man and three or four to

intele ligent mechanies, recently passed through on their way Northward with a view to settling themselves some where on the Nerbudia,

We call the attention of our Readers to the formal Notification of Commodore Kearney, commanding the United States East India Squadron. In making public this document we wouldmark that we shall gladly insert any Notice or Announce- ment of Foreign Functionaries, which we deem of interest to the Commercial Community and Residents in China.

BRITTIK AND

8.067.029

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