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Excerpt from The Indo-Chinese Opium Trade: Considered in Relation to Its History, Morality, and Expediency, and Its Influence on Christian Missions; Being the Essay Which Obtained the Maitland Prize of the University for 1882
The Chinese authorities continued to ex''postulate, and in 1821 the Governor of Canton took active measures to sup press the traffic. The Opium vessels, however, when driven from Whampoa, merely retired to Lintin, an island close to the mouth of the Canton river, where they established them selves, and the trade ''almost assumed a regular character.'' The attempts made to extend Operations along the coast were generally successful, and the local authorities, finding themselves unable to drive away the Opium dealers, con tented themselves with the easier process of issuing mere paper edicts, and connived, for a consideration, at a'' trade to repress which they lacked either the energy or the power.
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The Chinese authorities continued to ex''postulate, and in 1821 the Governor of Canton took active measures to sup press the traffic. The Opium vessels, however, when driven from Whampoa, merely retired to Lintin, an island close to the mouth of the Canton river, where they established them selves, and the trade ''almost assumed a regular character.'' The attempts made to extend Operations along the coast were generally successful, and the local authorities, finding themselves unable to drive away the Opium dealers, con tented themselves with the easier process of issuing mere paper edicts, and connived, for a consideration, at a'' trade to repress which they lacked either the energy or the power.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
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Author
J. Spencer Hill
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ISBN - 9780428996758
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm
Page Count - 108
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J. Spencer Hill
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ISBN - 9781331258476
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm
Page Count - 110
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