LAPPA  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island directly opposite the inner See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour of See also:

• MACAO (A-Ma-ngao, " Harbour of the goddess A-Ma "; Port. Macau)

Macao, the distance across being from 1 to 12 m . It is a station of the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese imperial maritime customs which collects duties on vessels trading between See also:

• CHINA

China and the Portuguese See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of Macao . The arrangement is altogether abnormal, and was consented to by the Portuguese See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government in 1887 to assist the Chinese authorities in the suppression of See also:

• OPIUM (Gr. amov, dim. from Orbs, juice)

opium See also:

• SMUGGLING

smuggling . A similar arrangement prevails at the See also:

• BRITISH

British colony of Hong-See also:

• KONG

Kong, where the Chinese customs station is Kowloon . In both cases the customs stations See also:

• LEVY (Fr. levee, from lever, Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVY, AMY (1861–1889)
• LEVY, AUGUSTE MICHEL (1844– )

levy duties on vessels entering and leaving the See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• PORT

port in lieu of levying them, as ought to be done, on entering or leaving a Chinese port .