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His Britario Majesty's Consulate,

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I have the honour to refer to despatches Nos. 40 and 51 dated August 13th and 3eptember 9th respectively, addressed to you by His Majesty's Consul at Swatow on the subjeat of the granting of facilities to non-British ships to darry emigrants to Singapore.

This morning the local representative of Kessrs. Yuen Fat Lee, a British firm agents for Messrs. Butterfield and Swire at this port, called on me and said that his firm had been invited by the Chong Han 3,8. Co. (see Swatow despatch No. 51) to accept the Hoinow agency of the Company. Kessrs. Yuen Fat Lee had refused on the grounde that they were

already agents for Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, I was

informed that the Chong Nan 3.5. Co., had chartered two ships, the Norwegian 5.3. Prominent and a Danish Ship (Chinese name Hei Tung) to engage in the emigrant business from Swatow to

Singapore and Bangkok and that, as Er. Kirke had refused to

inspect the ship bound for Singapore, it was anticipated that

the Company would carry the Swatow emigrants to Hoihow and

apply for inspection nere, pretending that the Swatow emigrante

originated from Hoihow. A further batch of gemine iloihow

emigrante would of course be picked up here. Hesora. Yuen Fat

Lee were perturbed at the prospect of this unfair competition

with Messrs. Butterfield and Swire and enquired what my

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