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47
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We beg to say that there is at present time no
Lancashireman in the Colony of Hongkong more qualified
than Mr. Backhouse; and it is for this reason that he has
been able to build up, in conjunction with our Manchester
house, a business in Lancashire and Torkshire piece goods,
amounting to more than £100,000 a year, and that we would
like you to propose that the appointment of Messrs. Wicking
be transferred to Mr. Backhouse, Perhaps a cable to the
Hongkong Government is advisable ?
Justified as the action of the Hongkong Government is,
if we are to go by what one is told on this side, yet His
Excellency the Governor cannot wish Lancashire trade to
suffer, leaving alone the fact that our Government is doing
everything to minimise the hardships inflicted upon the
British manufacturer and merchant by this commerce destroy-
ing war.
Te must at any rate withdraw our authority given in
our le ter of the 4th in so far as it relates to the :
Authority to dispose at liquidators' discretion of unsold
goods in which we may be interested,- as we cannot until
further enquiry entrust Messrs. Harry Wicking & Co. with
such discretion.
(quotation enda)
In consultation with our friends, we were however
given good reasons why they, as a Bank, did not think it ad-
visable to interfere in this matter. They advised us that
we should cable to Your Excellency's Government the suggestion
of our Lancashire friends and ourselves, which we ventured to do.
Your Excellency was good enough to telegraph in
reply as follows: