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W.G.HUMPHREYS AND COMPANY,
5744
Hong hong.
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24th Dode FibG
Messrs. henry Bromert and Company,
ko. 56, frincess Street,
Kanchester.
108
Dear Sira,
We have to own receipt of yours dated 19th November, enclosing Frice list and sample of stock Satteens, we regret the price
is thank quoted is above the idea of our Dealers at the moment. you for the newspaper cuttings sent, as we are indeed interested you are probably aware we are liquidating Jebsen and Company here, and know of the past connections of Tolson and Chianal with them, and throughly agree with the justice of the result, as without doubt it was an endeavour to work through Shanghai and the chinese Compradore here and in Canton and loihow to keep the Ticket and
As Cloth running, the ticket being the property of Jebson & Co. you also are probably aware all Piece-goods firma here have equir- alent qualities of each othors Chops, and it may be argued, why we did not take this quality up, but as we have our own equivalent,
it is not to our interest to keep 27 C's cloth alive, till the return of J & Co, besides the question of ticket, Tolson's did
approach us.
and from the point of one man's misery anothers joy" our own Jupplier is the better off, where we could divert in favour of our own ticket, but of course this was not possible in all cases to substitute, owing to the conservatim of the Chinese and only time and demand will settle that.kr/ Ainacough is well know to the writer, and may be considered one of the beat men the Board of Trade has ever sent out, there are many points of view, which lack of co-operation between industrial and mercantile effor consular and financial support, are a part. Only the other day a
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