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time and then some goods will certainly be sent to the
SAN FAT WA.
The pens are very fine, and I shall send
them to you in a few days when my friend returns to China,
I bought 2 diamond rings in Germany. One of them cost £2,
for which amount I pawned it in England, and ( later) sold
it for £3.15.0. The other cost £2.10.0.; I pawned it in
to 4
England for £3, but finally sold it to WU SHANG for £5.
胡生
WU SHANG will shortly return to China, and you can ask him
about it. I am not an expert in the diamond business.
Though I bought them in a small dealer's shop, I made such
a great profit. I bought my diamonds with a capital of
only £4.10.0. and sold them for £8.15.0.
highly desirable in business transactions.
Such a p
4a profit
SAU CH'O is
now in Liverpool. He has not yet been to France. I want
Holland.
to send him to England.
But he is not very smart in
social matters, and has not much courage.
Therefore he
is
Please let me
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has not definitely made up his mind to go.
know the names of the share-holders in the
the amount of its capital. The capital must be fully
collected. I will do my utmost for the export business
from our country as far as our finances permit. If our
finances cannot help us to secure a brisk market in
Europe for our miscellaneous goods, we should change our
objects and import foreign goods with the surplus money
which our company has. Now all countries are aiming at
profit, and so are their merchants. A country will be
powerful when its merchants have become rich and gained a
reputation, for the power of a country depends on the
prosperity of its commerce.
$ 154
You must know this even if
Mr. KWAI SHUN has not told you.
connections in llong Kong he may
(®), but I do not think he will
If you have any business
join you or someone else
join our company. Tell
my mother at home not to be anxious about me and not to
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bother about unimportant things.