...making sure of their voyage against the monsoon, to Amoy, Chusan, and other ports to the northward. A decisive proof of the eligibility of Hong Kong as...importance in the eyes of the Chinese themselves, ia afforded by the immense sums paid by some of them for ground on which to build Hongt, where they...

...making sure of their voyage against the monsoon, to Amoy, Chusan, and other ports to the northward. A decisive proof of the eligibility of Hong Kong as...paid by some of them for ground on which to build Hongi, where they can deposit their goods with safety, beyond the reach of their grasping mandarins....

...goods Intended for the Chinese market, I conceive the situation of Hong Kong to be unrivalled." As a decisive proof of the eligibility of Hong Kong as a place of trade in the eyes of the Chinese themselves, he mentions that some of them have paid immenee sums for ground...

...place of trade. The morality of hie remarks as to the opium trade, are rather questionable : — " A decisive proof of the eligibility of Hong Kong as...paid by some of them for ground on which to build Hange, where they can deposit their gooda with safety, beyond the reach of their grasping mandarína...

...a place of trade. The morality of hisremarks as to the opium trade, are rather questionable: — " A decisive proof of the eligibility of Hong Kong as...paid by some of them for ground on which to build Hangt, where they can deposit their goods with safety, beyond the reach of their grasping mandarins....