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blosure Baugust $1900.
Government House,
HongKong,
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August, 1900.
Sir,
I communicated a copy of your despatch
No.188 of the 15th.of June and of the extract from a Report
of the Committee of the Privy Council of Canada together
with copy of section 10 of the Memorandum which accompanied
the letter, to the HongKong General Chamber of Commerce, and
I have now the honour to transmit a copy of their reply.
In the extract referred to it is stated
that HongKong appears to be a trading Colony of limited area
and population rather than a manufacturing or producing coun-
try, but I would point out that it contains double the popu-
lation of Barbados, one of the Colonies enjoying the preferon-
tial tariff, and that its imports from Canada are free of all
duty.
Those imports have considerably increased
of late and are increasing. Thus the value of lumber imported
from Canada during the 12 months June 1899 to June 1900 amount-
The Right Honourable
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
Zec.
Ecc.
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