Yet this shrub, so simple and so useful, is delivered
to the community of this country, so surcharged with duties and profits
beyond its original cost, that, did it contain all the mischievous
qualities that are opposed to its real virtues, it could not be more
strictly guarded from general use.
For the whole of our imports, including factory expenses and commission,
the original cost in China amounts to the sum of two millions sterling.
This is wonderfully increased before the British public can have any
access to the article of consumption; thus:--
1. The value of the Company's importations from China
into Great Britain, as established by their own
statements, is L2,000,000
2. On this they charge 100 per cent, for their own
especial benefit 2,000,000
3. And the Government duty, as by law established, is
equal to the original cost, and the profits charged
by the company; both forming the _sale price_ 4,000,000
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L8,000,000
_Oriental Herald_.
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DEATH OF YOUNG PARK.
It is quite inconceivable with what increased zeal new candidates for
African discovery come forward the moment that the death of any fresh
victim to this pestilential country is announced.
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