Once again the harbour is crowded with steamers and the Customs jetty covered with merchandise of all kinds; too much crowded in fact, there being loud complaints from various interested parties of lack of room to stack goods awaiting clearance, so that steamers are delayed, ete., etc, while a wet day or two, such as we have had of late, causes damage of another kind, more especially as the Chefoo coolie, less accustomed to a wetting than those in Southern ports, strikes work absolutely when his services are most wanted,
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