THE FRIEND OF CHINA,
AND DONE 3 O
No. 61 VOL. II
BONGBONG
GAZETTE
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
HÒNGKONG, THUR DAY, MAY 18IVI. 1323.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,
CHARLES BATTen Hillier, Esq., has been appointed Assistant to the Chief Magis- trate of the Island of Hong-Kong.
This appointment is to take effect from the 10th instant.
By order,
RICHARD WOOSNAM,
Government-House, Hong-Kong, 13th May, 1843.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
WITH reference to the GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION published in the Friend of China and Hong-Kong Gazette, of the 13th and 20th of last month, it is hereby announced, that the Land Officer has been instructed to report, finally, on the subject of that Notification, on Saturday, the 27th day of May, and that any Lands, regard ing which he may not have received explanations, &c., before that day, will be
resumed.
In
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Or 125-yearly -
ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. || Sase Of this defeate article, cin senice pre-
(From our Ningpo Cofrespondent.) After entering the river from seaward, and fol- lowing its gently serpentine stream, to the B. W. for four or five leagues, you arrive off the city of Ningpo, situated on the fork, or confluence of two stream-for, here the river splits into equal branches. The city is about central in the deed flat extensive valley, circumscribed by mouir tains, abrupt, but of moderate elevation and during the late season were very often covered with snow, forming a beautiful and picturesque landscape. The valley is intersected with numerons canals and the prospect from the only pagoda in the city, (a very ancient ruin) is highly exhilirating; a densly populated and elaborately cultivated valley, releved with well wooded tombs and silvery blinks of river and streamlet-the boundary of sight being an elliptical ridge of diminutive alpine scenery. The kindness and hospitality of both the authorities and merchants, is certainly beyond all expectation; intensely anxious to know every thing concerning us, and quite desirous and willing to afford us all the information we required. Never was the locality-of a commercial city more happily chosen than that of Ningpo. It forms a triangle, two of the sides being parallel with navigable streams; it seems at present in a very flourish eager for the opening of trade, and point out the site for the establishment of the British factory an eligible position on the western branch. I should consider the following remarks worse than useless,
same to speak. The manufactured are in every respect, similar to the Cauton article, and the ave-
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go is $18 per roll of 20 yards, but Hag-chow-foo sits are sold by weight, 45 cents per ounce, the raw material is 400 to $450.
IMPORTS.- Principal] Rice, Sugar, Timber, Pepper, Rattans, Paper, Tobacco, Crockery, Salt, Sandal Wood, Red Wood, Ebony, Camphor, Tin- Foil, Spices, Beans, Bean-Oil, Juuks, Fruits, &c.
RHUBARB, $15 per pical. Many warehouses occupied with drugs which form an important article of bulky trallic, and would be worthy of investigation, as they are mostly unknown to us. COTTON CLOTH-(Native) 1st quality,
600
CIS. white even cloth, cach piece 24f by 16in. 600 Fue bleached Nauking straw-colour,
18 feet by 12 inches Do. natural colour, 18 feet by 12 inches → 400 SHEEP abundantly supplied at the average of three dollars and a-half, each.
CUSTOM-HOUSES-There are two of these ésta-
blishments,--Land and Sea. The Transit Duties waive the trade with the British until the terms of are not oppressive The authorities rather wish to Tariff are arranged; but they are quite unable to check the ordinary traffic carried on in the native boats between Chusan and Ningpo; they exact a trifling duty upon each bale or package, but it is merchants carry on an inland traffic (by means of canals) with Canton. Period of transit, thirty days.
OPIUM-Malwa, $645; Ditto Patna, $754;
Buildses where such Lands haveing condition,--the mercantile community are very merely a sort of acknowledgment. The Ningpo
of any description, or Materials on then, the owners of such Buildings or Materials will be called on to remove them, or that will be done by the Land Officer, at the expense and risk of the had they not been collected and corroborated with dull of sale. The supply is large; much competi-
owners.
By order,
RICHARD WOOSNAM,
Government-House, Hong-Kong, 16th May, 1843.
EXPORT OF TEA, from China to England, in the month of April, 1843, in 17 vessels.
Bohea
Congou
Caper
8,801,242 80,254
Souchong
213,011
Hungmuey
148,682
Sorts
Pekoe
Orange Pekoe
15,345 148,872 162,093
Total, Black, lbs. 9,569,499
Twankay
Hyson
Hysonskin.
Young Hyson
1,076,085 311,434 1,680 105,620
Gunpowder
137,707
Imperial
68,424
Total, Green, lbs. 1,700,950
Total Export in April, lbs. 11,270,449
Export of Tea from China to England, in the 10 months, from 1st July, 1842, to 30th April, 1843, in 73 vessels.
Bohea Congou
- Caper •
Hungmuey Sorts Pekoe
Orange Pekoe
250,322 31.260.767 218.389 680.458
383,516
54,327 454,924
772,501
Total, Black, lbs. 34,025,204
Twankay
Hyson
Hysonskin
Young Hyson
Gunpowder
Imperial
2,675,851
1,219,063
51947
540.364
568,656
267 669
Total, Green, lbs. 5,322,960
Grand Total, lbs. 39,348,184
Canto Pros
some care.
HEMP is not imported; it is of long staple, strong fibre similar to Manila, and is pretty gene- rally used. It sells from nine and a-half, to ten dollars, per Ningpo picul (100 lbs.)-(however desirous it may be to discover return produce from this country, hemp can never be exported hence, but will probably be largely imported].
tion among the sellers.
WHITE SHIRTINGs in good demand, at $5; very few left on hand.
GREY SHIRTINGS-Market well supplied; few sales at 84.
The
TRADE, in every description of Merchandize has been very-dull for the last month. Magy complaints about the scarcity of silver. Emperor does not at present permit the working RAW COTTON. This is an article of export. It of the Mines. Gold Ingots are very often tender- is fair long staple, well cleaned, and perfectly ed. white price of native article, $20 per-picul. They prefer the Manila cotton. As for the lower qualities of American and Bombay, they are almost unsaleable at half the quoted price.
Perhaps there has seldom been witnessed such a reckless disregard of public principle, for the sake of individual gain, as occurred up here two months ago, in the dispatch of the Opium Ships, RICE varies from 2 to $3 per picul, and the belonging to your leading firms, from hence to rice picul is 145 catties. It scarcely promises to the Yang-tse-keang. As Englishmen, we were be a profitable article of import; for, this must be bound to consider that river shut until the termi- the period of greatest scarcity, and Bengal Moon-nation of the Treaty. But, regardless of conse- ghy, would find slow sale at $2 50cs, per bag.
TIMBER.The largest number of their ship- ping are employed in transporting this bulky article. It is mostly soft inferior Pine; unsquared, it averages $20 per load of 50 C. F.; Planks, choice, $37 per load. No hard wood at present.
SUGAR.The
e cane is tolerably abundant, but entirely used as an edible; the supply is from Fokien and Formosa. Good Grocer's sugar 6-to $7 per picul; white, with good grain, $9; best Candy, 11 to $12.
PEPPER. (Black) selling at 11 to $12 per picul 89 could be readily obtained.
BIRD'S NESTS 1st quality, $80 per catty; 2nd do., 860 3rd do., $40.
SANDAL WOOD.The demand seems limited, suppose the consumption is small, but they seem curious about the quality. Ningpo prices, $13 to $14 per picul.
LEAD-Ordinary, equal to pig-lead, selling at
$7 600s.
WOOLLEN CLOTH-(Russian) All the dealers have very large stocks on hand, it seems in uni.. versal use, and qualities are exceedingly various, It is quoted, nay, sold, at particularly low prites, and much of it is very durable. Serviceable cheap cloth (superior sorts) 180 cash, to $1 per
cubit breadth 43 cubits.
TOBACCO, leaf, very mild, 37 per picul. HIDES.-Cow and bullock 810 per picul, dressed undressed, 17 per picul...
Castor On.~~-[indigenous] $6 per picul; used for varnishes, &c, unknown as a medicinc.
WHITE LEAD, $15 per picul,- Used as a cos-
metic chiefly
BLACK TEAS are offered at 25 to $67 per picul The appearance of this article does not recom mend it being generally coarse, leaf quite void of the curly finished look necessary for the home market.
| GREEN TEAS generally have a better face than the above more regular, and perfect leaf, but unusually large.
Prices, from 25 to 880 per picul
quences, these Opium Smugglers presuming upon the system of non-interference which has always, in their case, obtained, press into an interdicted port, moor under the ruined batteries, and carry on their lawless traffic in the teeth of the Chinese Authorities. An Official Complaint from the Mandarins induced our senior Naval Authority to order their return, and a communication of what had been effected, was made to the Local Autho- rities of Shang-hai, but the recent arrival of H. M. Str. Vixen conveying Sir Henry Pottinger's determination to avoid all interference in this nefarious Traffic, has enabled them again to wend their way up the river, and thus bearding the harmless Dragon," by running the drug at. the cannon's mouth. Is this wise or honourable, and may it not peril the ultimate settlement indeed, seriously, interfere with, every thing desir, able as regards this country?
30th April, 1813.
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NAUTICUS.
A Communication dated Petersburgh, 13th Do- and China, the supply of Tea at Kiakhta, increased cember, says “ During the war between England
cluded, the supply is now likely to fall off, and the to a surprising degree. Peace having been con-
price to rise. At this year's fair at Nishay, Novo- gorod, there were 4,500 more chests brought from Kiakhta, than in 1841; but nearly one-half of this supply remained unsold. Of the Zieglthee, as it is called, on account of its form, and which is in great favoir with the Nomadie tribes of Siberia. and among the lower classes of European Russians, about 6,000 chests were brought to the fair, and not one remained unsold. London Paper.
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. The total number of horned cattle in the United Kingdom is esti- mated at 7,000,000, and the total number of sheep at $2,000,000. Valuing the first over bead at £10 and the last at 25s, both together will give a total value of £110,000,000. — Ibid
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