The following is the purport of the trate's rescript to the petition praying for " reduction iv ber of Chinese shopkes pers in Hong. kew. mention of which woke og. Shanghai market years, and busire Vices of com traders with making their way be practised in food an saving can be obtaive!
rents. The decle i.w abiding lane throaghoat the yer. but hardly succeed in making hoti ede meet. (unuirg and crafty characters, however, practise frauds and deceptions, and by degrees, tarn into evil-doers, This is sufficient to show that the state of the market bears close relation to the people's welfare. The rescript says Magistrate will en: Chamber of Coinmeres and the Min cipal Council, and ask them to persuade the foreign Obamber of Commerce to hold a meeting of the gentry and merchants to dis tion. the foreign hearted and bold and it is hoped that they will appreciate the present distress and show aympatby in the matter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.