To-pay we print the Proclamation, issued by the Prefect of l'ainan under instructions from Governor Liu, and referred to by our South Formosa corres-rident in his letter published yester-of sugar in the south and tea in the lay. As camphor is, with the exception
north, the only Formosan product of any importance to foreigners, any action of the authorities tending to hamper the trade or constitute a monopoly is undoubtedly to be deprecated and posed with all convenient energy. "It may be asked," writes our correspondent, "what can be the Governor's real motive in so pertinaciously fighting for this monopoly The answers obvious he is no doubt in need of money, and if he could secure sole hold over the camphor exported, or be in a position to farm the right to the select few it is rumoured he intends to favour, then he thinks that a very. nice source of income may be acquired."
Now whatever justice may underlie the charge against the Governor of
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