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nclosure.

Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce. 16764

Hongkong,

Extract from Minutes.

262 MAY 00 / 182 517

At the Monthly Meeting of the General Committee, held on the 18th April,

motion

of

on the

the Chairman, secunded by the Hor. J. J. Keswick, the following lution was unanimously adopted:

(

reao-

"That in the opinion of this Chamber

it is desirable the contract be- tween Her Majesty's Government and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company for the carriage of mails frome Houghing in the Pacific

and Vancouver, which will ex- pire in May, 1901, should be re newed, if possible with celerated and fortnightly service."

am de-