Report of the Chamber be forwarded to His Excellency the Governor.
In accordance therewith, I have the honour to forward herewith six copies of the Minutes and Report in question for the information of His Excellency.
I am,
(signed) W. Keswick, Chairman.
(True Copy)
Wordsworth Acting Colonial Secretary.
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Extract from In Thomas Wade's letter dated 29th November 1876 to His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong
I had received from the Earl of Derby copies of all that has actually passed between the Government of the Colony and the Earl of Carnarvon, before I went to Chefoo last Autumn.
Your Excellency will have seen, in the agreement signed by me at Chefoo, I did not neglect the opportunity, then presented, of pledging the Chinese Government at least to the first steps needed towards solution of the Colony's difficulty, I like...