The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-09-05

Of the expert duties, and, to avoid ii, they send
their ships to Hong Kong, which Is British pert.
and the Canton 2, wssnpss
themselves at the custom house here, ana when the
appraisers were about to add the four per cent
port duties to the value, claimed tina. it could not
t. done-the goods came from Hong aong, > !.
Collector, it is British p1rt, the four per cen:
cannot be added 70 the value of the goods exported
thence. But in the same vessels there we're teas,
also imported from Hong, Kong schedule |. OF
the tarif of lSi6, (of goods exempt from datyO
says, g Coffee and tea, when imported direct from
the place Of their growth or production, IN Ameri-
can vessels. or IN foreign vessels emitted oy recE
procal treaties to be exempt from d scrim'natIns
duties, tonnage, and other charges" are free from
duty; and section of the tariff says, all goods,
wares, and merchandise net specially provided tor,
are to paya daty Of twenty per cent. Lea, tnen,
imported from any other country than ,naI o. us
growth or production, no. being specially pro.
vided for, is subject to duty Of twenty per cent
accordingly. "Very weu," says Mr. Collector,
Hong Kong is a British por. IN B,lt.sh P;o'
vince: and tea not being grown or produced there,
when imported from thence, is liable TO- day OF
twenty per cent. Let it be collected" "Oh "
says the importer, but Hong Kong, though an
island, is still part OF China-it Is Chinese
standard as much part of China as the Far
rallones are part OF California; 1t Is only short
distance from Whampoa; and our tea Is free from
duty, as it is imported from China Now, says
the coso yoR cannot make path the ana
of the Chinese export duty to the cost of your
dutiable goods from Hong Kong, you claimed that
it was a British port, in British Province. ad-
mitttd the truth Of your position. San Francisco
was, previous 10 the cession to the United States
a Mexlcan port; since tina. time it has been an
Americ an port, and is now. so Hong Kong was
once Chinese port; but since its cess on to Great
Britain it has been, and Is now, a British port.
GU ackn9 Wedge yourselves that no tea is pro-
duced in that British Province. The tart says
that tea imported from any other p ace thu that
twenty per cent; and have nothing 90 do but exc
cute the law as | find it, Hereupon the importers
set up great burra, and abuse the Collector for
performing his duty when they tn smse yes in their
eagerness to escape GU. of the fryingpan, have
Jumped into the fire; and does any one pity them F.
The surveying corps which arrived here on the
18th June, in the steamer Oregon, under direction
of Hon. 5. ID. King, Surveyor General, have COM
menced their labors detachment Of fifteen
having left the city under the charge Of the Deputy
Surveyor, Mr.. Leander Ransom. and pitched their
tents on the summit of "Alount Diabolo, the high
est point of land adjacent, and from which they in
tend to strike their lines. | will give you further
information as the work proceeds As the corps
came to this country without funds, understand
that Mr.. Collector King has sgnifed his intention
to advance his namesake @20,0J0 to prosecute the
work, so that the United States government and
California will not suffer by any delay. This act
all parties, Mr.. King does it solely on his own
responsibility.
Two new journals have been established in this
state in as many weeks, namely, the SaiptaY Dis
patch, in this city, and the III D0rddo -NelrS, at
Coloma, the spot where gold was first discovered.
There now thirteen papers Published in the
State, as follows, namely