Mauser pistols have been finding their way in large numbers to armed robbers for many months past. In numerous cases of trafticking in arms before the Courts, the weapons in question are of this make. Their selling price on being landed is usually $100, but by the time they are marketed among the desperadoes of the Settlement the price has usually advanced to about $185. Only yesterday the arrest was reported of three Koreans and six Chinese on a charge of trafficking in arms, while during this week there was a conviction in the Mixed Court in a case where two Chinese were charged with selling a Mauser pistol for $185.
In other ports of the world vessels are frequently fined in such instances, but we understand that under the Treaties. in Shanghai
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