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THE FRIEND OF CHINA,

AND BONGBONG

NOTIFICATION.

GAZETCE

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.

H. E. Sir Henry Pottinger Bart. is pleas- ed to direct that the annexed, Letter and Quarterly Report be published for general information.

By Order,

RICHARD WOOSNAM

Acting Secretary.

Macao, 25th Feb, 1843.

No. 936 of 1842.

To

Territorial Department, Finance;

The Secretary to the Hon'ble Company's Agents

in China.

Sir

ONGKONG, THURSDAY, MARCH 2ND. 1843.

WITH reference to Mr. Chief Secretary Wathen's letter, No 818, dated the 15th October 1686, I am directed by the Honorable the Go- vernor in Council to transmit for the information of the Honorable Company's Agents in China the accompanying Copy of a report, shewing the ave- rage quality of Sycee Silver, old Spanish and new dollars, received for Coinage at the Bombay Mint for the quarter ending the 31st October 1842.

I have the honor to be, Bombay Castle,

Sir,

22d Nov., 1842.

Assay Office, 17th November, 1842,|S BOMBAY MINT,

[True Copy LM. REID.

Chief Secy

[Signed] M 1 Kır.

Your most Obedt. Servant;

R. REID

100 Ditto chiefly new Ditto three months ending 31st Oct.1843 100 Average old Spanish Dollars. A Company's Rupee

Sycee Silver average of the last 1

NAMES.

Chief Secy

Grains

Weight in Tolus of 180 Touchp cent

Tolas.

Pure Silver in Company's for Coinage Rupees at 2 p. cent. | Rupees Gross Value Mint charges Not return on Company s

REMENE KO

100. | Tolas. Decl | Per ct. Decl. | Toms Decl. Į

Decl

Re

Decl | Its

De

231.

230

083

555

One Tola or

180 Grains,

666.

750 | 207 3970. 500 206 3571.

355.

297.

145.

105

152

106.

252

526

502 220

604

-165

Grains.

2

received for Coinage, at the Bombay Mint, for the quarter ending 31st October, 1842.

Qarterly Report showing the average Assay value, and the Gross and Net out-turn of Sycee Silver old Spanish and new Dollam /

CIRCULATING MEDIUM AT HONGKONG. The following has been received at Lloyd's

Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade,

Whitehall, Sept. 28, 1842

Sir-I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to transmit to you for the in. formation of the cornmittee at Lloyd's, a copy of a Pro, clamation issued by her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in China on the subject of the circulating medium at Hongkong

am &c

The Secretary at Lloyd's.

J. MACGREGOR.

CANTON.

Price 1.1 monthly yeurty

We are sorry to learn that an uneasy feeling prevails. in the minds of the Foreign residents at Canton. Ap prehensions of popular violence have been entertained, sided. but our last accounts report they have now quite sub-

As to trade, there was an improved tone in Imports, but Exports still continued dull, · Taa, a few Chops of Middling and low quality of Congou have been bought for immediate Shipment, In barter the following prices are quoted, Congou 19 to 26 taels. Souchong 18 to 25. Pekoe 30 to 60, Orange Pekoe 22 to28. Twankay 20 to 28. Hýson 30 to 65.

Vide the FRIEND OF CHINA and SILH. Nothing doing, stock some 500 Bales. $ 490 HONGKONG GAZETTE, of the 14th April, 1842.

POLICI

BEFORE THE CHIEF MAGISTRATÍ, charged by a woman namen Afuk, and Ho Pokmo, January 5th, 1843, Leang a Tehot, Carpenter,

with Robbery

V

Afuk-I am the wife of Aynt, a Shop-keeper here, Chong, in the afternoon. I went to one of the salt I was on the 18th December, walking at Wong nai Junks to visit a friend, it was raining at the time; I and Pokmo were attacked by two men, who robbed me of clothes value about 85, and the other complainant of clothes value about 84,-I did not catch the prisoner until yesterday, I can swear to the identity of the pris. oner as one of the men who robbed us,

Pokmo corroborates the above evidence in full, De. fence, deny the charge, I was not at Hong-kong at the time the Robbery was committed, I have brought no evidence to prove where I was at the time,

SENTENCE. To receive 50 Strokes, and to be impri- soned for three months with hard labour, and to pay 89 to complainant.

January 6th, 1843 John Colburn, Seaman, of the "Bella_Marina." charged by Dennis Healy, Private of the Police, with Riot and Assault

to 500 asked for Tsallee.

LONG CLOTHS. White are 8-8,25 to $3,50

31 Grey

2,90 YARN 18s to 323 26.

MONEY is abundant?

11

3,10

England. We add particulars of the six morts Ex- Thomas Lowry are said to be loading with Teas for At Whampoa the Gemini, Baring, Hindostan and

port.

Bohen Form 1st of Julytö 31st January 1843 to Great Britain --

EXPORT OF TEA.

Congou Caper Souchong Hung-Muy

Sorts Pekoe

250,332 17,922,648

102,586

267,449

159,545

36,243-

-203,445

407,168

1,055,996

Órange

Twankay Hyson

703,011

Skin Young

46,423

350,613

Gunpowder Imperial

337,296

161,550

Total

21,985,093

ADMIRALTY ORDER.Three first-rate, three second- rate, and four third-rate men-of-war are ordered to be

Complainant states-Yesterday afternoon I was on duty near the Bazaar, when I was called by two Offi. cers of the 98th Regiment, to take into custody the prisoner, who had been insolent to them, when I at tempted to make him prisoner, he struck me in the brought forward at Sheerness dock-yard, ready for mouth and made great resistance, I then gave him in

commissioning, India and China are reported as being charge to Corporal Mooney of the Police, the man was very drunk and riotous, I do not think the man knew well what he was about.

Corporal Mooney of the Police states-I was yester- day afternoon told by a Chinese, that a disturbance was taking place in the Bazaar, I went to the spot pointed out, and found the Prisoner and Private Healy of the Police struggling together on the on the ground I took the prisoner after great resistance on his part to the Police Station, Healy was struck in the mouth which was bleeding, the prisoner was very drunk, I do not think that he knew what he was about.

The Officers insulted, not appearing to give evidence, the Prisoner was Sentenced to 7 d

without labour

January 6th

Complati

asked me for

a line of

1 Keft.

On the 3d

do, the next day I found that I Ru the money

imprisonment

the ueen

Coolie, charged by

ant the Prisoner hich

fused to

the destination of some of them.

kept in such a state of readiness for commissioning It is understood that these ships, are always to be

and proceeding to sea, as regards their hulls, that they work to be performed on board, on being ordered for shall neither require docking nor caulking, nor any service, except to adapt the ports to the guns, and to take down any temporary ordinary fittings, such as shipkeepers' cabins, ordinary galleries, etc. To meet this intention the ships selected for advanced 1 sinips will be regularly docked in turn from time to time, to have their bottom properly cleaned, etc., as necessary, so that they may be in such a state as to proceed to sea when ordered, withont risk of waiting to be decked for either a year or two. Should these intentions be acted

of which there is little doubt, a bona fide force of il of the line the majority comprised of new ill be ready for service on any emergency, and

in the space of ten days or a fortnight. from Plymouth that the St. George, 120

120 Royal Adelaide, 110; Albion, 80 and the Clarence, Bombay, Foud- ley, and Impregnable, line-of-battle ships, brought forward there as * demonstra- Sun.]

Ror

my box. have no

90%

hen I taxed the prisoner with it. witnesses to prove it the Prisoner lives in the same house with

DE Money

the

was taxed with stealing it, and I beat Com-

Prisoner to receive 25 Strokes for his ainant commitment of. Theft-diamir

from

Washerm

Cambridgs has left Malta for England. board the valuable marbles brought

This fine Ship of 52 Guns and

into our port

last Sunday,

fully in the teeth of