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His Excellency
Sir,
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Enclosure
21st.JanoĽYO
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Sir John Jordan, G.C.I.E., K.C.B., K.C.d§ MAR 14 !
H. B..'s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary,
Peking.
Limestone Tuomio at Jagtun
On behalf of the shareholders of the Green Island Cement| Co., Ltd., the Lembers of the Board of Directors and the General Managers of the Company feel called upon to address you upon the very serious and urgent matter of the Company's claim upon the Chinese Government created by the Canton Autaorities' wrongful action in prohibiting the export of stone from the Province of Iwang Tung.
The question of our claim has been periodically brought before His Majesty's Consul-Generel in Canton, and we understand has duly received your Excellency's attention, but we have not thus far received any information as to what redress we are like- -ly to obtain from the Chinese Covernment, and the matter has be- →come now so very serious we feel we should emphasize it by put- -ting ourselves in direct communication with Your Excellency.
There can be no question that the prohibition of the export of stone was entirely unjustified and that being so the Company's claim for compensation and restitution represents e
very real loss, and we hope that through tum efforste of Your Excellency a stop can be put to the present intolerable ccndi- -tion of offeirs and redress we obtained. Besides the very direct loss occasioned by the enuanced price at which the Company has been compelled to provide itself with supplies from Tonkin the
indirect injury to the Company's trade has been enormous. The inadequacy of such supplies and the increased prices which the
Company has been forced to ask for its manufacture have seriously
crippled its position in the neighbouring chief consuming