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sion by exceting a Chinese Chamber

of Commerce. A large

Wa

quickly

of money

subscribed, and a

portion

thew of having been contributed to the

public illuminations and

remainder was

· object

held

over

1 festivitice, the

for the special

in vine, and an application made

to this Government for the grant of a

vite for the proposed building.

2.

Your Lordship can readily

conceive that the Chinese Merchants,

who take euch a prominent part in

the commercial activity of this

of this great

trading centre, have long felt the ~

treed

Euclosure A.

30th May, 1888.

need

· of on

institution which would

bring them together for the discussion

of subjects

collection of ce

connected with leade, the

commercial information,

and the protistion of their common

mercantile interests. In the year

1880

in

they apprected this Government upon the subjet, and Six John Pope- Hennesøy agreed

in their views, but a

difficulty arising as to a site, the

project of building a Chamber was

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bandoned in 1882,

I

enclose a

copy of a

a

letter from Dr. Ho Kari, Leonetary of

the