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sion by exceting a Chinese Chamber
of Commerce. A large
Wa
quickly
of money
subscribed, and a
portion
thew of having been contributed to the
public illuminations and
remainder was
· object
held
over
1 festivitice, the
for the special
in vine, and an application made
to this Government for the grant of a
vite for the proposed building.
2.
Your Lordship can readily
conceive that the Chinese Merchants,
who take euch a prominent part in
the commercial activity of this
of this great
trading centre, have long felt the ~
treed
Euclosure A.
30th May, 1888.
need
· of on
institution which would
bring them together for the discussion
of subjects
collection of ce
connected with leade, the
commercial information,
and the protistion of their common
mercantile interests. In the year
1880
in
they apprected this Government upon the subjet, and Six John Pope- Hennesøy agreed
in their views, but a
difficulty arising as to a site, the
project of building a Chamber was
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bandoned in 1882,
I
enclose a
copy of a
a
letter from Dr. Ho Kari, Leonetary of
the