The honour conferred on Mowqua's son is beyond his deserts the markets are so stagnant that sales must be deferred FO 1048/12/45

East India Company: Select Committee of Supercargoes, Chinese Secretary's Office: Chinese-language Correspondence and Papers. 1812: CHIA CH'ING XVII. Mowqua to Elphinstone. The honour conferred on Mowqua's son is beyond his deserts the markets are so stagnant that sales must be deferred; representations to the Hoppo will best be considered when the move from Macao to Canton is pending。