HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 22nd January, 1870.
To the Honorable
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary,
HONGKONG
I have the honor to hand you enclosed a Memorial on the present aspect of our relations with China, addressed by the Chamber of Commerce to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and to request that His Excellency the Governor will be so good as to forward it through the proper channel to its destination.
I also enclose three Official Copies for His Excellency, and would suggest that one of them be forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
The importance of the subjects treated upon in the Memorial, the Members of the Chamber are aware is well known to SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, and as some of the provisions of the New Convention with China, negotiated by SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK are deemed most ill-timed, and considered as certain to injuriously affect the prosperity, and in some measure, endanger the practical independence of the Colony, it is hoped the opinion expressed so emphatically by the Chamber against the appointment of a Chinese Consul, will have the weight it ought to possess, coming from men acquainted with the Chinese character, and the conditions of Chinese residence in this Colony.
It is the intention of the Chamber to forward to the Foreign Consuls, copies of the Memorial, with a request that they may be sent to their respective Governments, and copies of the Document will also be forwarded to the Principal Chambers of Commerce in Europe and America.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
(Signed,) W. KESWICK,
Chairman
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To the Honorable
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
SIR,
Colonial Secretary,
HONGKONG
I have the honor to hand you enclosed a Memorial on the present aspect of
our relations with China, addressed by the Chamber of Commerce to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and to request that His Excellency the Governor will be so good as to forward it through the proper channel to its destination.
I also enclose three Official Copies for His Excellency, and would suggest that one of them be forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
The importance of the subjects treated upon in the Memorial, the Members of the Chamber are aware is well known to SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, and as some of the provisions of the New Convention with China, negotiated by SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK are deemed most ill-timed, and considered as certain to injuriously affect the prosperity, and in some measure, endanger the practical independence of the Colony, it is hoped the opinion expressed so emphatically by the Chamber against the appointment of a Chinese Consul, will have the weight it ought to possess, coming from men acquainted with the Chinese character, and the conditions of Chinese residence in this Colony.
It is the intention of the Chamber to forward to the Foreign Consuls, copies of the Memorial, with a request that they may be sent to their respective Governments, and copies of the Document will also be forwarded to the Principal Chambers of Commerce in Europe and America.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
(Signed,) W. KESWICK,
Chairman,
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