CO129-391 - Acting Governor Claud Severn Governor Sir May - 1912 [7-8] — Page 368

4 precent discharged $

which we at',

Franch) and repaid

#300 of # 300 a your

the Hartone Master

an honorasion

or somental

more if that Dawn is not

in

acceptable.

The Governor explain that,

the absence of a Customs House

it is extremely difficult for any

Government Official to gain

information concerning general questions of import and export trade. Experience shows that

the

Connary Correspondine at masking

has relied in the past to a great

extent on the information supplied

to him

by the Secretary of the

Hongking General Chamber of

Commerce to enable him to

:

deal with his correspondence.

359

Agent for the Board of Trade

Commercial Intelligence Branch

He refus

to

The recent compilation of the

list

of importers, exporters and

manufacturers in the which is likely

value, to an

Colony,

to be of considerable

example of

how

much better qualified the

Secretory of the Hongkong

General

Chamber

of

Commerce

is than the Harbour Master

for commercial work. The fir

assistance

assist

of the Secretory of

the thing kary gedural Charts. of Commerce

that

sought for

• fell

★ because it was

ward

that this help

was essential.

Me Harcourt thinks

deal