letter in duplicate addressed to his Lordship by the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce on the subject of disabilities imposed the shipping of the Colony by the Chinese Authorities.
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As this is a matter of the greatest importance to the trade of Hongkong,
I venture to hope that. immediate consideration
I
My Lord,
may be have the honour to be, be given to it.
Your Lordship's Most adient bumble Servant,
Willaim Rohingy
Duplicat
Lord Marquis,
67/91-0
Songhong General Chamber of Commerce.
Hongkong,
C. 9892
Brughing, 13 January, 3532
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Chamber desire to crave
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The Committee of this.
e your Lordship's attention to
their letter of 14 / December in which they
detailed
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the disabilities under which a certain section of the shipping trade of this colony laboured owing what they conceived to be a breach of the Trentes by the Chinese authorities, and that owing to the indifference of Her Britannic Majesty's . Kimister at Peking, the Chamber were unable to obtain. not only any redress from the injuries sustained, but even
a reply from him to the Chamber's communications on the subject.
The Committee deemed it desirable. to send to your Lordship a telegram on the
11th Instant when their letter would about be
in your hands, to the following purport, - the Marquis of Salisbury H. G.
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of Stak
For Foreign Affairs
&c. $40.
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Foreign Office
London
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