CO129-274 - Public Offices & Others - 1896 — Page 209

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informed that the iron pans in use at Hongkong are mostly made in the Swatow and Canton Consular districts.

The same clannishness that makes the Cantonese monopolise the labour market of Hongkong, causes the various clans that leave this Consular district to keep separate when they go to the Straits.

Certain clans settle in the neighbourhood of Singapore; others in the neighbourhood of Penang.

The clansmen like to purchase the pans they have been accustomed to in their native villages in China, and hence certain villages export certain kinds of pans to Singapore, and other villages other kinds of pans to Penang.

My marking on each pan to which port it is generally exported will prove useful, I trust, to the Birmingham Chamber as a guide as to which port to send articles of a similar nature.

But it would be well for the Chamber to supplement this information by obtaining from all our Colonies in which Chinese reside in great numbers, specimens of the pots and pans and other iron and metal ware in common use amongst the labouring Chinese class.

Since the labouring class of Chinese is the most numerous, the supplying of their needs would naturally lead to a larger trade than supplying the wants of less numerous classes of Chinamen.

(Signed)

I have &c.,

Chas. Gardner.

Consul.

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205 informed that the iron pans in use at Hongkong are mostly made in the Swatow and Canton Consular districts. The same clannishness that makes the Cantonese monopolise the labour market of Hongkong, causes the various clans that leave this Consular district to keep separate when they go to the Straits. Certain clans settle in the neighbourhood of Singapore; others in the neighbourhood of Penang. The clansmen like to purchase the pans they have been accustomed to in their native villages in China, and hence certain villages export certain kinds of pans to Singapore, and other villages other kinds of pans to Penang. My marking on each pan to which port it is generally exported will prove useful, I trust, to the Birmingham Chamber as a guide as to which port to send articles of a similar nature. But it would be well for the Chamber to supplement this information by obtaining from all our Colonies in which Chinese reside in great numbers, specimens of the pots and pans and other iron and metal ware in common use amongst the labouring Chinese class. Since the labouring class of Chinese is the most numerous, the supplying of their needs would naturally lead to a larger trade than supplying the wants of less numerous classes of Chinamen. (Signed) I have &c., Chas. Gardner. Consul.

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205 informed that the iron pans in use at Hongkong are mostly made in the Swatow and Canton Consular districts. The same clannishness that makes the Cantonese monopolise the labour market of Hongkong, causes the various clans that leave this Consular dis- trict to keep separate when they go to the Straits. Certain clans settle in the neighbourhood of Singapore; others in the neighbourhood of Fenang. The clansmen like to purchase the pans they have been accustomed to in their native villages in China, and hence certain villages export certain kinds of pans to Singapore, and other villages other kinds of pans to Fenang. My marking on each pan to which port it is generally exported will prove useful, I trust, to the Birmingham Chamber as a guide as to which port supplement this information by obtaining from all our Colonies in which Chinese reside in great numbers, specimens of the pots and pans and other iron and metal ware in common use amongst the labouring Chinese class, Since the labouring class of Chinese is the most numerous, the supplying of their needs would naturally lead to a larger trade than supplying the wants of less numerous classes of Chinamen. (Signed) I have &c., Chas. Gardner. Consul. to send articles of a similar nature. But it would be well for the Chamber to supple- ment

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informed that the iron pans in use at Hongkong

are mostly made in the Swatow and Canton Consular

districts.

The same clannishness that makes the Cantonese

monopolise the labour market of Hongkong, causes

the various clans that leave this Consular dis-

trict to keep separate when they go to the Straits.

Certain clans settle in the neighbourhood of

Singapore;

others in the neighbourhood of Fenang.

The clansmen like to purchase the pans they

have been accustomed to in their native villages

in China, and hence certain villages export certain

kinds of pans to Singapore, and other villages

other kinds of pans to Fenang.

My marking on each pan to which port it is

generally exported will prove useful, I trust,

the Birmingham Chamber as a guide as to which port

supplement this information by obtaining from all

our Colonies in which Chinese reside in great

numbers, specimens of the pots and pans and other

iron and metal ware in common use amongst the

labouring Chinese class,

Since the labouring class of Chinese is the

most numerous, the supplying of their needs would

naturally lead to a larger trade than supplying

the wants of less numerous classes of Chinamen.

(Signed)

I have &c.,

Chas. Gardner.

Consul.

to send articles of a similar nature.

But it would be well for the Chamber to supple-

ment

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