Steamboat Company has requested the Canton authorities to permit their steamers to stop at Hsincho, fourteen miles down the Pearl River from Canton for the purpose of taking and discharging passengers, This petition was turned down on the ground that stich a stopover fs Hable to encourage smuggling.
Steamers of this British company made a stop at Hsincho some ten years ago but later omitted this cal Hsincho is now developing into a big river town, where the first government sugar mill has been completed. Steamship companies desire their steamers to pay a call there to increase their business, and this will {in turn be a source of convenience to the people in Hongkong and Hsincho.
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