CO129-489 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Sir Clementi - 1925 [8-12] — Page 276

Sire,

Chinese General Chamber of Commerce,

Noe.30 & 32 Des Voeux Rd. Central,

Hongkong.

30th September,

1925.

276

I have the honour to inform you that at a

meeting of the General Committee of this Chamber

held on the 25th September, the following two resolu-

tions were passed, and to ask you to transmit them

to the Government:-

(1) That this Chamber respectfully expresses

its profound gratitude to His Excellency

the Governor and the senior officials for

the great sympathy they have shown in the

matter of their petition for Government

financial assistance, and for the readi-

ness and despatch with which they have

secured a loan of £3,000,000 from the

Imperial Government to relieve the

existing financial stringency.

(2) That this Chamber also respectfully

expresses its deep gratitude to His Majesty's

Secretary of State for the Colonies for

the kind interest and practical sympathy he

has shown for Hongkong by at once approving

of the said loan of £3,000,000 to the Colony.

I have, etc.,

he Honourable

Messrs. Chow Shou-son &

R. H. Kotewall.

(Sd.)

(Li Yau-teun)

Chairman.