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oil in casks of the Standard Oil Company. The penalty inflicted was slight and soon afterwards the Chinaman again started this lucrative swindle with the result that he was again arrested and convicted. This time the Taotai before passing sentence wrote to Mr Jernigan asking whether he wished for the prisoner's head.

In drawing these remarks to a conclusion I wish to convey to you the impression created on my mind by my stay in Shanghai that while the British Government had been supine, foreign Governments and foreign officials had been most active not merely in supporting but in pushing their commercial interests.

Staying as I did at the Astor House Hotel I met and became casually acquainted with a weekly increasing number of new arrivals from Germany, France, Belgium and America, all coming to sell arms, railway material, machinery, electrical apparatus for tramcars, telegraphs or telephones, agricultural implements and almost every ordinary article of commerce. I always noticed that they were immediately in communication with their respective consuls from whom they received every possible encouragement and assistance. It almost seemed as if Englishmen were if possible too self-reliant, or British Consuls too far above or too little in touch with their mercantile compatriots.

It should also be noted that foreign steamship Companies are making strenuous efforts to wrest the carrying trade from the British flag. The total carrying trade by steamer with Shanghai in 1893 was divided among the different flags as follows:-

Steamers Tonnage
British 2,982 3,586,594
German 569 467,683

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649 odw WK UNIDS oil in casks of the Standard Oil Company. The penalty inflicted was slight and soon afterwards the Chinaman again started this lucrative swindle with the result that he was again arrested and convicted. This time the Taotai before passing sentence wrote to Mr Jernigan asking whether he wished for the prisoner's head. In drawing these remarks to a conclusion I wish to convey to you the impression created on my mind by my stay in Shanghai that while the British Government had been supine, foreign Governments and foreign officials had been most active not merely in supporting but in pushing their commercial interests. Staying as I did at the Astor House Hotel I met and became casually acquainted with a weekly increasing number of new arrivals from Germany, France, Belgium and America, all coming to sell arms, railway material, machinery, electrical apparatus for tramcars, telegraphs or telephones, agricultural implements and almost every ordinary article of commerce. I always noticed that they were immediately in communication with their respective consuls from whom they received every possible encouragement and assistance. It almost seemed as if Englishmen were if possible too self-reliant, or British Consuls too far above or too little in touch with their mercantile compatriots. It should also be noted that foreign steamship Companies are making strenuous efforts to wrest the carrying trade from the British flag. The total carrying trade by steamer with Shanghai in 1893 was divided among the different flags as follows:- Steamers Tonnage British 2,982 3,586,594 German 569 467,683

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649 odw WK UNIDS oil in casks of the Standard 011 Company. The penalty inflicted was slight and soon afterwards the Chinaman again started this lucrative swindle with the result that he was again arrested and convicted. This time the Taotai before passing sentence wrote to mr Jernigan asking whether he wished for the prisoners head. In drawing these remarks to a conclusion I wish to convey to you the impression created on my mind by my stay in Shanghai that while the British Government had been Supine, foreign Governments and foreign officials had been most active not merely in supporting but.in pushing their commercial interests. Staying as I did at the Astor House Hotel I met and became casually acquainted with a weekly increasing number of new arrivals from Germany, France, Belgium and America, all coming to sell arms, railway material, machinery, electrical apparatus for tramcars, telegraphs or telephones, agricultural implements and almost every I always noticed that they ordinary article of commerce. were immediately in communication with their respective consuls from whom they received every possible encourage- ment and assistance. It almost seemed as if Englishmen were if possible too self-reliant, or ritish Consuls too far above or too little in touch with their mercantile compatriots. It should also be noted that foreign steamship Companies are making strenuous efforts to wrest the carry- ing trade from the Jritish flag. The total carrying trade by steamer with Shanghai in 1893 was divided among the different flags as follows:- Steamers Tonnage British 2.982 3,586594 German $69 467683

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649

odw

WK UNIDS

oil in casks of the Standard 011 Company. The penalty

inflicted was slight and soon afterwards the Chinaman

again started this lucrative swindle with the result that

he was again arrested and convicted. This time the

Taotai before passing sentence wrote to mr Jernigan asking

whether he wished for the prisoners head.

In drawing these remarks to a conclusion I wish

to convey to you the impression created on my mind by my

stay in Shanghai that while the British Government had been

Supine, foreign Governments and foreign officials had been

most active not merely in supporting but.in pushing their

commercial interests.

Staying as I did at the Astor House Hotel I met

and became casually acquainted with a weekly increasing

number of new arrivals from Germany, France, Belgium and

America, all coming to sell arms, railway material,

machinery, electrical apparatus for tramcars, telegraphs

or telephones, agricultural implements and almost every

I always noticed that they

ordinary article of commerce.

were immediately in communication with their respective

consuls from whom they received every possible encourage-

ment and assistance. It almost seemed as if Englishmen

were if possible too self-reliant, or ritish Consuls too

far above or too little in touch with their mercantile

compatriots.

It should also be noted that foreign steamship

Companies are making strenuous efforts to wrest the carry-

ing trade from the Jritish flag. The total carrying

trade by steamer with Shanghai in 1893 was divided among

the different flags as follows:-

Steamers

Tonnage

British

2.982

3,586594

German

$69

467683

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