Natico Proclamations.—It is decided to allow the following proclamations to be posted in the: Settlements From the Mized Court Magistrate, Chen.
and Chinese, the principal export cary have cee open for trade hearers foreigners Notice is hereby given that since the ports have been silk and tea, but coe in the fast few years the merchants have not done their business so profitably as formerly in cousequence of dishonest, who take the refuse tea leaves and have them dried, and again mixing them up with good tea leaves, fill up the boxes and then call it "Shanghai packed." This had become known in foreign and the general business hat begerous, but those dishonest persons having been arrested and punished, therefore, this year, the tea basines has again become good deal better than for the last ten years, This is all because merchants are now carefal and only use good tea lea If it is always kept on like this year, then the business will become better year after year; and the geveral traders will got more beuesits. But now it is necessary to watch those dishonest persons, who perhaps may again adopt these mal-practices, Therefore We hereby notify to those persons in the fore eign limits that they must know that the tea leaves which are dail by Foreigners and used, very frequently, inese, are nob to be reulried, If any such re-dried ten leaves are mixed up with good tea there will be great danger to the markets. In future if any' persons collect fuse tea leaves and dry them on the &e., or mix them up with good it, they si 10 punished, "Any pern ig to obey this proclamation will be severely punished, Kwang Sti, 5th year, 10th moon, Gth day (9th Noveuber, 1879.)
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