[50] 'Cumsha' means 'a present.'
[51] A catty is 1-1/3 pounds English.
[52] The Imperial Commissioner.
[53] A subordinate officer of the chief magistrate's department.
[54] The currency being taels, mace, candareens, and cash.
[55] 'Flowery flag,' the United States.
[56] Presents to the captains and officers.
[57] Buddha.
[58] A very common exclamation on any occasion.
[59] The late Sir James Matheson was the reputed founder of the foreign press in China (The Canton Register); but it was an open question whether it was he or Mr. Wood. I contributed to that paper (translations from Chinese) when started; but in the consequent daily intercourse with Wood, he never hinted that he was not its sole founder. If my memory serves me Sir James was at the time on a trip up the coast. Nevertheless there is but one 'old Canton' who can decide the point, the present Sir Alexander Matheson.