The Archive · 1902

The Poor Merchant

Here we have a first-class witness to the best way in which to run a likin station. Recently a boat carrying foreign goods wros rot bel of the cloths and money be. oat bad' paid Tikin taxes, through to longing i ese passengers. The

destination, but on arriving here the offi-cin] refused to allow it to pass until the tonnage duties were collected. He isa virtuous official he never thinks of collecting dou lo dues, but the beata. must. pay all the same.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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