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British ship-owners might perhaps be left with little cause of complaint, but in the hands of Consuls not strongly controlled the Ordinance would be apt to become a dead letter.
(Signed) F. HENDERSON,
R. S. Gundry, Esq.,
SIR,
Hon. Sec. China Association, London,
General Committee to Hongkong Committee.
Hon. Secretary.
31, Lombard Street, 6th March, 1896.
In continuation of my letter of the 31st January, I have the honour to transmit copy of a letter from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, explaining the circumstances under which a change in the regulations affecting Chinese passengers had been projected, and promising that the objections raised shall have full and careful consideration.
DEAR SIR,
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Hongkong Committee to General Committee.
Hongkong, 25th March, 1896.
I have for acknowledgment your favour of 31st January, handing copy of your letter to H.M.'s Secretary of State for the Colonies, in support of the protest drawn up by the Shanghai Association against certain suggested restrictions in regard to the carriage of Chinese passengers on board British vessels on short voyages, which, if imposed, will certainly prove detrimental to British shipping interests.
Your letter has been read with much interest, and I am directed by the Committee to offer you their thanks for having so clearly placed before the Secretary of State the objections to what are very justly considered quite unnecessary restrictions on the carrying trade along the coast of China. In connection with this subject I beg to ask your attention to the enclosed copies of a letter from five of the leading Shipping Firms in the Colony, and another from this Branch of the China Association, both addressed to the Colonial Secretary for the information of the Government.
F. Henderson, Esq.,
(Signed)
Hon. Sec. China Association, Hongkong.
R. S. GUNDRY,
Hon. Sec. China Association.
R. S. Gundry, Esq.,
Hon. Sec. China Association.
(Signed)
F. HENDERSON,
Hon. Secretary.
SIR,
Colonial Office to China Association,
Downing Street, 27th February, 1896.
In reply to your letter of the 31st ultimo, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to explain that, in consequence of representations made to the Foreign Office by the British Minister at Peking and the British Consul at Chefoo, as to the dangerous overcrowding of steamers carrying passengers from Chefoo to Manchurian ports, the Governor of Hongkong was instructed, early in 1895, that after consultation with Her Majesty's Consuls at the Treaty Ports, he should cause to be prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State for approval, the Draft of an Ordinance for establishing Regulations for Chinese passenger ships on voyages of not more than 7 days' duration less stringent than those which, under the existing law, apply to ships on voyages of more than 7 days' duration.
The Governor has not yet submitted the Draft Ordinance; and when he does so, the views on the subject which are expressed in your letter will receive full and careful consideration.
(Signed) EDWARD FAIRFIELD.
The Secretary to the China Association.
SIR,
China Association to Government of Hongkong.
Hongkong, 14th March, 1896.
Begging reference to your esteemed communication of 23rd January, the receipt of which I have already had the honour of acknowledging, I have now to ask that you will be good enough to lay before His Excellency the Governor the accompanying correspondence which, though written in advance of the proposed Ordinance, and with only a vague knowledge of the intentions of the Government, has a very direct bearing on the contents of that document. To facilitate reference and render the correspondence complete, the letter addressed to you on 10th December, bearing the joint signatures of five Shipping Firms in the Colony, is included.
The rules for the regulation of British ships carrying Chinese passengers on short voyages which it is proposed to enact are exhaustively dealt with in the above letters, and it seems unnecessary to prolong the correspondence by reproducing in entirety the arguments adduced, or to enter fully into the reasons advanced for opposing legislation which, in the opinion of the writers, would necessarily prove hurtful to British shipping trading in Chinese waters; but reference may perhaps be advantageously made to some of the more salient points.
It may be safely assumed that His Excellency is very fully alive to the immediate connection between the shipping trade of Great Britain and the advancement and prosperity of her
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British ship-owners might perhaps be left with little cause of complaint, but in the hands of Consuls not strongly controlled
the Ordinance would be apt to become a dead letter.
(Signed) F. HENDERSON,
R. S. Gundry, Esq..
SIR,
Hon. Sec. China Association, London,
General Committee to Hongkong Committee.
Hon. Secretary.
31, Lombard Street, 6th March, 1896.
In continuation of my letter of the 31st January, I have the honour to transmit copy of a letter from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, explaining the circumstances under which a change in the regulations affecting Chineze passengers had been projected, and promising that the objections raised shall have full and careful consideration.
DEAR SIR,
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Hongkong Committee to General Committee.
Hongkong, 25th March, 1896.
I have for acknowledgment your favour of 81st January, handing copy of your letter to H.M.'s Secretary of State for the Colonies, in support of the protest drawn up by the Shanghai Association against certain suggested restrictions in regard to the carriage of Chinese passengers on board British vessels on short voyages, which, if imposed, will certainly prove detrimental to British shipping interests.
Your letter has been read with much interest, and I am directed by the Committee to offer you their thanks for having so clearly placed before the Secretary of State the objections to what are very justly considered quite unnecessary restrictions on the carrying trade along the coast of China. In connection with this subject I beg to ask your attention to the enclosed copies of a letter from five of the leading Shipping Firms in the Colony, and another from this Branch of the China Association, both addressed to the Colonial Secretary for the information of the Government.
F. Henderson, Esq.,
(Signed)
Hon. Sec. China Association, Hongkong.
R. S. GUNDRY,
Hon. Sec. China Association.
R. S. Gundry, Esq.,
Hon. Sec. China Association.
(Signed)
F. HENDERSON,
Ilon. Secretary.
SIR,
Colonial Office to China Association,
Downing Street, 27th February, 1896.
In reply to your letter of the 31st ultimo, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to explain that, in consequence of representations made to the Foreign Office by the British Minister at Peking and the British Consul at Chefoo, as to the dangerous overcrowding of steamers carrying passengers from Chefoo to Manchurian ports, the Governor of Hongkong was instructed, early in 1895, that after consultation with Her Majesty's Consuls at the Treaty Ports, he should cause to be prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State for approval, the Draft of an Ordinance for establishing Regulations for Chinese passenger ships on voyages of not more than 7 days' duration less stringent than those which, under the existing law, apply to ships on voyages of more than 7 days' duration.
The Governor has not yet submitted the Draft Ordinance; and when he does so, the views on the subject which are expressed in your letter will receive fail and careful consideration.
EDWARD FAIRFIELD. The Secretary to the China Association.
(Signed)
SIR,
China Association to Government of Hongkong.
* *
Hongkong, 14th March, 1896.
Begging reference to your esteemed communication of 23rd January, the receipt of which I have already had the honour of acknowledging, I have now to ask that you will be good enough to lay before His Excellency the Governor the accompanying correspondence which, though written in advance of the proposed Ordinance, and with only a vague knowledge of the intentions of the Government, has a very direct bearing on the contents of that document. To facilitate roference and render the correspondence complete, the letter addressed to you on 10th December, bearing the joint signatures of five Shipping Firms in the Colony, is included.
The rules for the regulation of British ships carrying Chinese passengers on short voyages which it is proposed to enact are exhaustively dealt with in the above letters, and it seems unnecessary to prolong the correspondence by reproducing in entirety the arguments adduced, or to enter folly into the reasons advanced for opposing legislation which, in the opinion of the writers, would necessarily prove hurtful to British shipping trading in Chinese waters; but reference may perhaps be advantageously made to some of the more salient points.
It may be safely assumed that His Excellency is very fully alive to the immediate connec- tion between the shipping trade of Great Britain and the advancement and prosperity of her
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