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(Received 1 OCT 01)
the price of stone would be lowered and it would be more extensively employed.
16.
We beg therefore respectfully to ask the Government to give this important matter its careful attention, and we trust that measures will be adopted to ensure free trading on proper Commercial principles in this important product of the Colony.
We have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servants,
Signed
p.p. Punchard Lowther & Co.
W. Kidd
Com.
Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock
Denison & Ram.
D. Gillies. Chief Manager.
Hong Kong Land Investment & Agency Co. Ltd.
R. Shelton Hooper
Secretary.
Humphrey's Estate & Finance Co. Ltd.
John H. Humphreys & Co.
General Managers.
Jardine Matheson & Co.
Butterfield & Swire
V. Danby.
Shewan Tomes & Co.
Leigh & Orange.
Palmer & Turner
Owen Ordish.