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Question No. 3.
His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, dated March 20, 1913, on the subject of limestone. Its contents are noted, but Mr. Jamieson would feel obliged if he could be furnished with the following additional information:-
Is it denied that the contracts made
by the Green Island Company were entered into and executed with the full knowledge and approval of the Imperial Government ?
Question No. 4. What quarries, in addition to the Fei Shu quarry, were closed down by the Imperial Government ?
Question No. 6. If Ch'en Tu Tu's proclamation was solely directed against local bullies and unprincipled merchanta what interpretation is to be placed on the following sentences
therein ?
"The natural products of China should belong to China. "The export of such products being a serious blow to her rights *and privileges, the Government have every right to prohibit the
"export of blue limestone."
*If the export from Kuangtung be entirely prohibited, "foreign merchants must go elsewhere and obtain their supplies
"from foreign countries, which will entail heavy cost of carriage.
*The quality moreover of foreign stone is not to be compared with *our Kuangtung stone, hence the cement manufactured therefrom will "not compare with our company's article and we will find an in-
"-finitely greater market for our goods. The prosperity of the "company accordingly depends entirely on whether or not blue lime-
*-stone can be exported".
H. B. L. Consulate-General,
Canton, March 21, 1913.