CO129-379 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [8-9] — Page 388

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An asse 19

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 13th. September, 1911.

I have the honour to forward the enclos-

-ad copy of a letter from the Secretary to the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce, dated the 4th. of last July, covering a schedule of the Importers, Exporters and Manufacturers of Hong- -kong. The Committee of the Chamber suggest that it might be possible for the Board of Trade to arrange with a large firm such as Kelly's Directories, Limited, of London for the publica- -tion and energetic handling of this schedule, and that, as the

information contained is of considerable value to home and

foreign exporters, Messrs. Kelly would no doubt be prepared to

pay a reasonable sum for it to the Hongkong Government. It

would cost a directory company several hundreds of pounds in

time and incidental expenses to collect the same data.

2.

I have the honour to request your good offices

12.

RIGHT HONOURABLE

LEVIS HARCOURT, M.P..

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