and
feren
au invidious
position
because
and Shanghai
as matters stood a privilege
granted to the Hong Kong Banking Corporation which in the
is considered are
to the public is withheld
Chung's Bank although established
in the
Colony
to its
advantage
some years
earlier.
We
were therefore instructed
respectfully though unwillingly to put
into
your
Lordship's hands a
consideration
for
an
application
Clients still make namely
that
they
should be placed
on the
same footing
as
the other Banks
We have done
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Gentlemen,
125
Chambers, 5th October 1876
Of & to the Treasury
I am directed
by
the Lords
Commissioners of
to
inform you
of Their attention to
your
letter
and
that they have given
consideration to
the
contents of your letter of the 29th June last, asking them to reconsider the decision conveyed in their letter of the 3rd June last, regarding
the issue
of
dollar notes
by
the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China,
and I am to state that Their Lordships
(signed)
Clarke's Rawlins & Clarke
regret that they
are not able
to
modify
the
opinion conveyed in their last letter of 3rd June.
Messrs Clarke, Rawlins & Clarke
66
Gresham House
Old Broad Street, E.C.