No. 28.
'Recorded
C.O.
6400
Received 27 FEB 1900
272
Government House,
Hongkong, 23rd January, 1900.
27173
99
Closure
19th Jany. 1900.
Sir,
In reply to your despatch No.254 of the 8th November, 1899, forwarding a letter from the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce, in reference to proposal for establishing a Conservancy Board for the Woosung River;
I have the honour to transmit to you a copy of a letter of 19th instant, embodying the views of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce in which I fully concur.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient
Humble Servant,
W. Gascoigne
GOVERNOR, &c.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
&c.