CO129-287 - Public Offices & Others - 1898 — Page 442

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Sir,

We have the honour to enclean for the informa-

tion of lis Rxcellenc, the Offic ́r Amministering the Government various communicatione (uix in all) received

by us from the leading Chim so firms nd trading guilds derr,ing on busine.s in this dolong, in reply to a letter of enquiry drozsed by one of us to them requesting

their opinion ao So the desirubilivy of our dovernment

further permissing who establishment of a branch of the Chinese Foreign Cuetons in his British Colony of Hong- kong and the maintenance of quite a flest or Chinese

revenue c.uisers in iish wavers.

Recentl, the mind of the general public in this Colony ha boan excrclund over the continued existence

of the Chinese Ou soms and cruisura in British territory

and wate78,

Turcpran action of the community made their voleo euro ohrough the public press and sheir Cham- ber of Commerco. The Chinese suosion, however, though Ayparentl; supertaining an equ-lly strong opinion durst nop upter one syllable on accuant, uoubtless, of their

hubiv......A Grow of humarins du shu meini andİ. For

vaig reason w have und 15 to be our duty as their

represchoulivng 30 ALTELE S Pprivao lector to chom to

Sacertain their trus vicus and to communicate the same

. .3. She Aguinistrator. Before taking this step, however, we have waited for some days in the hope that

the leading Chinese merchants themselves would address

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