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intiuated in

your letter, but that he has succeeded to another appointeerut elsewheres

The Committee also understand that a

not, as

British Commission hav urt, au yet, been despatched

for the purpose of assisting in detemining

av Abdo

the boundaries of Jonquire, understood

to be the cave.

of.

connection with this eubject, I

desired by the Committee to state that, having

bythe

regard to the important consideratione which

on the deliberation

canut fail to arise upon camol

I fail

he future

of the Commission in relation to the

Commercial interests of Hongkong,

which will,

in all probability, be affected by the result of

those deliberations in a a greater degree

those

of any

than

other British community in

the Far East, they

would venture to suggest,

for the favourable concideration - of this Eexcellency

the Soverver, that, when the time arrives

for the despatch of such a Commission, the

Chamber should have the option of

appointing a representative to accompany

it specially

commissioned to watch over

the mercantile interesto

of this Blony

I have re

(Signed) R Ryrie

Vice-

Chuirnen

for