oPlUaj TttAUE. 



is entii'tjly — not tlic least extmoi'ilinury purt of 

 the affiiJi^— im-md an a^t^stcbe^* 



Tim paymeitt& are mtmltjr miAe, to 

 tett^ in Sycee silver, which is taken l>y \\ xiglit, 

 110 silver coimio'c being acknowledged hy tlic 

 Chinese government. The Chinese pnrchasers 

 tjf the opium i:efia0 it by hailing, previous to 



smoking", use it also in the form of tiiMJture, 

 nrfuiilly earrviiig a snuill bottle eontaiiiiog it 

 about them. The present Emperor of China has 

 be^ described as being totally incapacitated 



he lias carried the deblHtai^g praetke of opium 



smoking. 



I took se\eral o]>|)ortniiitii!S of making //rr- 

 bo7*lsaiwHs about the hills in this harbour ; and 



* At one time, dviring a isebelllidn in China, tbe &ap&tQt'9 

 iroopslost courage, (^whick to vt; must appear |k w<»id)SK£ul 

 tevelie atHtofig^ Chinese,) diid -wsre pitted ag^c Hie 



rebels • tliis ciilled forth from tlic emperor the following" pub- 

 lic rebuJiei— " The emjieror rebukes very sharply all the 

 goi^6nadf%(»ftihe Ch{h-sang provinces, from which authority 

 emanates, 00 account of their negligence in attending to tlie 

 «late of the military under their jurisdiction. He makes par- 

 ticuhir mention of the prevalent use of opium among tlm 

 Canton niilitai y, and of the nust oiuluct of tlic Ho, nan troop? 

 on their road to Full, keen."^ — Ca/Um fieffisfer^ No. 13^ l-^ 

 Idtli .Sept. 1833. 



