...and every substantially built house and warehouse, together with the property in them, were ensured against fire, previously to my quitting the island....different ports on the coast, on which upwards of forty thousand dollars had been laid out; and, what is more, they were already well filled. As a convenient...

...and every substantially built house and warehouse, together with the property in them, were ensured against fire, previously to my quitting the island....different ports on the coast, on which upwards of forty thousand dollars had been laid out ; and, what is more, they were already well filled. As a convenient...

...I conceive the benefits likely to accrue from it to Hong Kong to be incalculable. " Goods stored in Canton or Macao, the property of a Chinaman, were...collected from the different ports on the coast, on which upward» of $40,000 had been laid out, and what is more, they were already well filled. " At a convenient...

...considered too great by the underwriters. Both these difficulties are completely obviated in Hong Kons, and every substantially built house and warehouse,...them, were insured against fire, previously to my quilling the island. One Chinaman had, in March last, completed buildings for the storage of property...

...obviated in Hong Kong, and every substantially built house and warehouse, together with the property hi them, were insured against fire, previously to my...different ports on the coast, on which upwards of forty thousand dollars had been laid out, and what is more, they were already well filled. " As a convenient...