A Briton working as a customs official for the Qing government, though well aware that camphor was one of the most important and unique products for Taiwan merchants, illegally purchased a supply of it at a non-treaty port, hoping to smuggle it out by relying on British influence and authority. But the camphor was confiscated.
話說當時擔任清朝海關職員的英籍人士必麒麟，明知樟腦是台灣專賣品，卻在非條約港梧棲買下一批樟腦，企圖以英國人的威勢走私牟利，被查獲沒收。