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Hong-Kong
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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An island lying off the mouth of the Canton River, South China; was ceded to Britain in 1842; is hilly and unproductive, but is well watered and tolerably healthy; it owes its great importance as a commercial centre to its favourable position, its magnificent harbour, and to its having been made a free port and the head-quarters of the European banks; opium is the chief import, silk and tea the principal exports; Victoria, a handsome city on the N. side, is the capital, seat of the British governor, &c.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hong-Kong'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hong-kong.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hong-Kong'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hong-kong.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
