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Select Committee to hong merchants. A petition about the Caahhoomanee is enclosed...
Catalogue reference: FO 1048/17/32
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- [1817]
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Select Committee to hong merchants. A petition about the Caahhoomanee is enclosed for submission. The merchants' letter forwarding the viceroy's order on the subject was improperly addressed despite the Committee's recent indication of the proper forms.;
Enclosure: Petition to viceroy, con-currently acting Hoppo. This Sandwich Islands vessel needs repair but does not wish to incur charges by entering Whampoa. Copies of official orders received through the hong merchants bear no seal and their authenticity cannot be determined, and it is requested that orders be sent direct to the Committee. Also, unruly mobs are demanding money with menaces from passengers disembarking at Macao, and prohibition of this is requested
(Dated: 4m 1d).
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- FO 682/137/2/4; FO 682/139/2/33
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- Trade and commerce
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