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HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Hongkong 21st March, 1916.

C. H. Ross, Esq.,

Messze. Matheson & Co., Ltd.,

3 Lombard Street,

Dear Sir,

London, E. 0.

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I am to convay to you the thanks and appreciation

of my Committee that you find yourself able to represent this

Chamber in the Council of the Britisk Imperial Council of

Commerce in the place of the late Mr. E. A. Hewett, C. M. G.

There will be, as you no doubt are aware, a

Conference in London during the week commencing June 5th., 1916,

to which all members of Council and certain special delegates

from overseas will be invited.

The provisional programme embraces many important

questions some of which deeply interest this Colony.

My Committee are fortunate in escuring as the

representative of this Chamber one who has such a first-hand

knowledge of conditions of trade in Southern China.

The liberty is taken herein of indicating the

trend of commercial thought as regards certain questions which

will receive the attention of the ooming Conference.

The expression "Commercial" in the preceding paragraph is used advisedly in that it is duly recognised that local trading interests must be subservient to Imperial Policy.

The Circular dated 30th. December, 1915, announcing the Conference, suggests among other matters for consideration:-

(1) FISCAL QUESTIONS

(a) The adoption of the system of preferential tariffe

within the Empire.

Tisterand Leinofas and

Hongkong.

This is a knotty problem as regards the Colony of

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