The Haikuan, Hoppo, er Superintendent of Customs at Canton has, it appears, received a telegram re-appointing him to that office for -a further term of three) years. Is this, 1 wonder, because the post is growing less lucrative or have the authorities at Peking found the present: incumbent perticulacly obliging in the way of executing little commissions? The Haikuan is always supposed not only to make a handsome fortune in_tlree years but to be able to drop a stiff sum before admission through the Anting Gate at Peking on his. way to audience with the Emperor.
Hongkong, 16th January.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.