COF.
Enclosure 1,
to
The Honouraole
Sir.
The Registrar-Šeneral,
Present.
C.O.
35986
Re: 9 001 05
265
Hongkong, 14th. August, 1905.
I am directed by the Committee of the Chinese
Commercial Union to address you under the following circumstances:-
As His Excellency the Governor, is no doubt
aware a wide-spread movement has been started amongst the Chinese in
many places in China and also in the British Colony of the Straits
Settlements for the purpose of the boycotting by Chinese of American
goods and products, such movement is attributable to the patriotic,
and, as it seems to us, legitimate desire of inducing the Government
of the United States of America to modify the very stringent laws
which they have made in connection with the exclusion of Chinese from
the United States of America.
Under these circumstances, we would most res-
-pectfully ask His Excellency the Governor for a permit under his
hand, under the provisions of Section 51 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1888,
authorizing public meetings of opinion to be held in houses Nos. 30
and 32, Des Voeux Road, Central, Victoria, in this Colony, for the
purpose of discussing and, if necessary, passing resolutions in cca-
-nection with the question as to what action to be taken by the
Chinese in this Colony in regard to the above movement,
i have etc.,
(Sa.) Fung Wa Chun,
Chairman,
Chinese Commercial Union.