Copy
for 1.7.
Foreign Office.
C.O.
20865
Novembert. 1895.
Red 23 10 96
412
sir,
The Marquis of Salisbury has determined to send a Consular
Officer to visit the Treaty Ports of China, Japan, and
Corea to report :-
(1) To what extent and in what way British trade has been
affected by the war and its consequences,
especially in comparison with the trade of other nations, and:-
(2) What steps ought to be taken for its promotion in the
future.
I am directed by His Lordship to state, for the
information of Mr Secretary Chamberlain, that Mr Byron Brenan,
Her Majesty's Consul at Canton, has been selected to perform
this duty,
and he has been instructed before proceeding on
"
his mission, to visit Hong Kong and consult the Governor
the China Association and the British Members of the Chamber
of Commerce there, as to the points which they suggest he
should particularly study in the course of his circuit.
Lord Salisbury would be glad if Mr Chamberlain
by telegraph
would inform the Governor of Hong Kong of the approaching
The Under Secretary of State.
Colonial Office.
visit