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Hongkong dollar, although it admittedly accentuates the

need for some adjustment of the kind recommended by the

Commission, 18 having such a detrimental effect upon the

trade of the Colony that in the opinion of this Association

many commercial and industrial undertakings will experience

grave difficulty in meeting demands for similar treatment,

which may be expected to arise as a result of the permanent

adoption of the Commission's recommendations.

These views were expressed by Mr. Stanley Dodwell,

the Chairman of the Association, during his interview with

Sir Gilbert Grindle on the 6th instant and, while I am given

to understand that Sir Gilbert Grindle considers it impossible

for the Secretary of State for the Colonies at this late date

to withdraw his consent and request that the proposals be

held in abeyance, I am desired by my Committee to express the

hope, for the reasons given above, that the recommendations

in the Report may be adopted as a temporary and not as a

permanent measure.

It is clear from the remarks made by the Chairman

of the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce in his annual speech, as