0 P Y.
Sir,
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Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce, 52414
Bret
Hongkong, 4th: Jul, 1911.
I take pleasure in enclosing you, in dupli- -cate, Schedules of the Importers, Exporters and Manufacturers
of Hongkong other than Chinese as desired by you in your letter
of 13th. December, 1910, No. 4205/04.
It has been a work of infinitely larger
magnitude than I anticipated and small errors are likely to have crept in, notwithstanding the fact that all reasonable care has been exercised in the compilation.
I do not think that any firm worthy of the name has been omitted although, of course, changes are taking place every day. With few exceptions the details have been
supplied over the signature of the firm or individual and in the
few cases of refusal I have been careful to note only the
Commodities which it is well known are dealt in by the firm in
question.
The nationality has been also added for the
information of the Intelligence Bureau, Board of Trade:-
B.
British.
B.I.
British Indian.
G.
German.
A.
A G «
D.
Dutch.
F.
French.
Dan.
American.
Danish.
P.
D
Portuguese.
S.
Spanish.
It is possible that errors of nationality
have been made, but this is not an important point.
I have been approached on several occasions
by persons desiring copies of the compilation but have considered
that
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