The chartered steamers Lennox and Moray continued to run during the whole year, but the returns of trafic have most disappointing.
CANTON AND SHANGHAI LINE, Froights have been wretchedly dull throughout' the year; but it haa beet nocassary to. keep' the Took Sang and Sing steadily © running to" maintain jr-commimnications, There "has beoti fair improvement shown in' the earnings since the-commencemonit of March, swatow, sitiNonat, aD NEWCHWANG LINE, The See}Voand Kwong Sang, and occasion: ally the, Pechilé ha i ing, and are, w Siueo the. com alison, the Wing i boon chartered from NewchwangtoSwatow, a trade for which their large exrrying capncity and light draft ronder them admirably adapted.
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