10 OFY.
Sir,
392
Hongkong General Chamber of Comerce,
Hongkong, 4th. July, 1911.
I take pleasure in enclosing you, in dupli-
-cate, Schedules of the Importers - Aporters al Laufacturers of Hongkong other than Chinese as desired by you in your lotter of 13th. December, 1910, No. 4205/04.
It has bun a work of infinitely larger
nagnitude than I anticipated and small errors are likely to have crept in, notwithstanding tho fact that all reasonable care has been exercised in the compilation.
I do not think that any firm worthy of the nave has been oudtted although, of course, changes are taking place every day. "ith few exceptions the details have been supplied over the signature of the firm or individual and in the few cases of rufusal I have been careful to note only the Comodities which it is well known are dealt in by the firm in question.
The nationality has been also added for tho information of the Intelligence ureau, hoard of rade:-
B.
British.
B.I.
British Indian.
G.
Cerman.
D.
Dutch.
Prench.
Dan.
Imerican.
Danish.
P.
- Portuguese.
**
Spanish.
It is possicle that errors of nationality
have been made, but this is not an important point.
I have been cproached on several occasions
by persons desiring copies of the compilation but have considered
that