The following is the arrangement entered into last year, on which the Ordinance for regulating the opium trade of Hongkong wed one chest except by the Opium Farmer, 3,—Chat all Opiim arriving in the Colony be reported to the Harbour Master, and that no Opium shall be transhipped, landed, stored, or removed from on another, or re-exported without a permit from the Harbour Master and notice to the Opinw Tarn 4—For the keeping by Importers, Exporters, and Godown Own ich form aa the Governor may require, books showing the movement of Opin 5—For taking stock of quantities in the stores, and search for deficit by the Opium Farmer, and for furnishing to the harbour Master returns of stocks, 6,—For amendment of Harbour Regulations ae to the of juuke, The conditions on which it agreed to to be injurious to the Ret igitimaty trade of the Color 3.—That Torritury the Kowloon Opium Duty Gertie: which shall frooly neid to all ce and for euch quantition of Opium as they requil 4.—That Opium accom pa ied_by such certificates, at the rate of not more tha Us. 140 per picul, shall be free from all further imposts of every sort, and the benefit stipulated for by the Ad al Article on behalf of Opium, on which duty has id xt one of the ports of China, and that it may be made up in sealed par-cols ut the option of the purchaser,—Thut junks trading betw porte and Hongkong, and their cargo shall not be subject to any dues or clu from ports Hongkong to for und above the dues pi the ports of cleurancoor destina-
9,—That the Officer of the Foreign Inspectorate, who will be responsible for the management of the Kowloon Office, shall by jacks trsdiog with Hongkong a investigate and settle any complain the Native Customs Revenue Sta Cruisers in the neighbourhood, and that the Governor of Hongkong, if he deems it advisable, shall be entitled to send a Hong-Kong Officer to be present at, and assist in the investigation how may be made to of the infantry Gomtook place Inat week at la the first practice of held for many years the results show some respectable shooting on the part.of our local defenders, Each d fired ten volleys, at standing and kneeling position, at 200 yards range. It will be soon that one squad made 98 hits out of 100 shots, with an average score of 29.40 out of a possible 30 per man, Below jo the result in the case of the best two squads of each Company Seed, Hire rota Average Pos oral per able points, man, average, 23
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