To the Editor of the water. The following list of the deepest vessels which arrived in the har-hour during February and March last procure opiam in the native limits but "Nonta-Curxa Dairy Naws." have crossed the boundaries into the year, when the Bar was at its deepest, Sin,—In view of the general interest and those which have come up, so far, settlements and again contracted the attaching to the important operations "habits through the facilities afford-year, will entirely refute that state-
"There is no doubt at but that ed them under foreign clievesletion: now in progress for the improvement. of the water approaches to the Port of 1907.
Shanghai, and the adverse criticism to Feb. 2 8.8. Machaon 24 ft. 6 in. Bite been much disappointed by the foreign reform Chinese officials which Mr. de Rijke's methods have 3 w Sandown 23 8 been subjected in the local Press, I am Hercules 24 "10 the forthcoming Ratepayers' Meeting far pursued in the Settlements. instructed by my Committee to ask Seminole 24 6 you to find space in your next issue Nile 25 4 decides to abolish the opium dens by for the publication of the following St. Oswald 23 9 losing them on three months' notice letter received from the Harbour from the date of the resolution, they Sumatra 23 9
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