Chap. T. 
STOPPING THE SUPPLIES. 
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affairs in China, he, with the advice of the Legislative 
Council of Hong-kong, passed a law for registering all 
the inhabitants of the island, English and Chinese, the 
latter of course being under the rule of Her Britannic 
Majesty's representative. The Chinese population, ever 
jealous of foreigners, fancied there was more in this than 
met the eye, and that it was done for the purpose of 
squeezing them, and they actually rebelled against the 
decree. A meeting of all the Compradores and other 
great men took place, and one of the results was, that 
the " supplies " were stopped. For several days every- 
thing stood still, the Coolies would not work, the boats 
would not bring provisions, in fact, the Chinese were in 
a fair way of starving the " Legislative Council of 
Hong-kong " into making better laws ; and they suc- 
ceeded at last in making them alter the celebrated 
Registration Act into one more agreeable to their 
feelings. 
From the tops of the mountains the view is grand 
and imposing in the extreme ; mountain is seen rising- 
above mountain, rugged, barren, and wild — the elevation 
of the highest being nearly two thousand feet ; the sea 
as far as the eye can reach is studded with islands of 
the same character as Hong-kong ; on one side our 
beautiful bay lies beneath us, crowded with shipping 
and boats, and, on the other, the far extending waters of 
the China sea. 
The climate of Hong-kong is far from being agreeable, 
and has proved very unhealthy, both to Europeans and 
to the native Chinese. During the months of July and 
August — the hottest in the year — the maximum heat 
