In the course of the hearing of a charge against a Germah named Hermann Bran-den burg, charged on the 17th inst. at the Police Court with disorderly conduct at a photographic stall in the Hongkong Hotel, transpired that the defendant (who made the statement himself) had come on a four days visit to Hongkong, with the knowles and consent of his Chief at Lapa. He said lhe received percentage on the value of seizures, The defendant was fined £5 or, four months' imprisonment with bard labour.
Here is a clear case of how the system of espionage on the trade of the Colony is maluteiged by the Imperial Maritime Customs, And they are king for powers to levy dues and have special landing wharves in Hongkong!
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.