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" ... dollars had been laid out, and what is more, they were already well filled. " As a convenient and safe depot for opium, (a trade, in my opinion, quite as legitimate and honorable as that in brandy, gin, and other spirits,) Hong Kong is admirably situated.... "
Trade and travel in the Far east - Page 240
by G F. Davidson - 1846 - 312 pages
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Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 13

William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1846 - 828 pages
...had been laid out; and, what is more, they were already well filled. As a convenient and safe depot for opium, (a trade, in my opinion, quite as legitimate...and other spirits,) Hong Kong is admirably situated. Mr. Davidson takes a British opium merchant's view of this subject, and backs it with this bit of moral...
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 16

Commerce - 1847 - 670 pages
...At a convenient and safe depot for opium, (a trade, in my opinion, as quite legitimate and honorable as that in brandy, gin, and other spirits,) Hong Kong...situated. The purchaser from the western ports as well ne from the northeastern, finds the distance he has to travel moderate, and, on his arrival, has no...
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The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 16

1847 - 654 pages
...At a convenient and safe depot for opium, (a trade, in my opinion, as quite legitimate and honorable as that in brandy, gin, and other spirits,) Hong Kong is admirably situated. The purchaser from the westem parts as well as from the northeastern, finds the distance he has to travel moderate, and, on...
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 16

Commerce - 1847 - 634 pages
...As a convenient and safe depot for opium, (a trade, in my opinion, quite as legitimate and honorable as that in brandy, gin, and other spirits,) Hong Kong is admirably situate*!. The purchaser from the western ports as well as from the northeastern, finds the distance...
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Worth and Wealth: A Collection of Maxims, Morals and Miscellanies for ...

Freeman Hunt - Business & Economics - 1856 - 500 pages
...As a convenient and safe depot for opium, (a trade, in my opinion, quite as legitimate and honorable as that in brandy, gin, and other spirits,) Hong Kong...arrival, has no one to dread, no mandarin daring to show his face on shore. The ships that bring the drug from India here find a safe and commodious harbor,...
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