Enclosure
Songhong General Chamber of Commerce.
My Lord,
the Hongkong, 6th April,
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1897
9867
Rec?
(Rec 16 MAY 32)
The Committee of this Chamber
has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the three letters dated 13th and 29th January and 6th - February, which Your Lordship
Lordship caused to be written
having reference to the action of the Hoppo of banton in levying lower duties on
by Chinese Junks than
bargo
carried
on similar cargo shipped
by vessels of other Nationalities.
received at
Your
The Committee desires to
for
convey to your Lordship its beet thanks for the prompt consideration which this matter has
Lordship's hands, and the information contained in your despatch of
to the steps which were being Her Majesty's Minister at Peking to the part of the
6th February
taken by
secure, a
as
favourable decision
Faungli - Yamen;
the Marquis of Salisbury R. 5.
Her Majesty's Principal. Secretary of State
For Foreign Affairs
X-C.,
fc.
Foreign Officer don
London