CONFIDENTIAL.
REC2
C.O.
4396
(REG 6 FEB 13]
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, 159
HONGKONG, 16th. January, 1913.
Sir,
4390.
In continuation of my Confidential Despatch of
the 10th. instant, I have the honour to inform you that the pros-
-pect of the cessation of the boycott is at date much brighter as
may be gathered from the accompanying list of fares collected each
day from the beginning of the month.
These figures represent fares actually collect-
-ed on the cars and are in addition to a certain amount obtained by
the sale at the Company's office of large blocks of tickets which
were sold at a reduced price at the request of the leading Chinese,
their object being to send their employees and others to journey on the cars for the purpose of showing that the boycott was terminst
-ed.
I have the honour to be,
sir,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
Amaz
Governor,&c..
RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,
&c.,
&c.,
&c...