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the adoption of the report and accounts I shall be pleased to answer any questions which you may put to me to the best of my knowledge.
No questions were asked, and on the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. A. BAIN, the report and accounts were adopted and passed.
Mr. WATTS moved, and Mr. RIVERS seconded, the re-election of Messrs. Bain and Andrew as directors.
Carried.
The CHAIRMAN-It is necessary, gentlemen, to appoint another director in my place, I am sorry to say, as I must devote more time to my own business, and I have no time to spare for this. No one was proposed, and Mr. WATTS asked if it would not be better for the Chairman to continue to hold office until another director was appointed, as unless there are three directors the business cannot be carried on.
Mr. Joy (to the Chairman)-You can give a month's notios of your intention to retire.
The CHAIRMAN-I have given my notice. I gave it three months ago. To save trouble I will continue in office for one week-two weeks if necessary. That will give you time to ap
point another director.
On the motion of Mr. WATTS, seconded by Mr. GUBBAY, Mr. W. H. Gaskell was re-elected auditor.
CORRESPONDENCE.
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our Correspondents. ]
THE INTERPORT RIFLE MATCH.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS.'
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT. THE OPENING OF THE WEST RIVER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS,' SIR,-From the tenour of the remarks which have recently appeared in the columns of the local papers it might be assumed that these had Chamber had allowed the question of opening up been written under the impression that the the West River to drop out of consideration.
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This was seconded by Mr. Graham and carried unanimously.
sidered it advisable that the Chamber should take some steps to carry out the preliminary survey Woosung Bar.-The Chairman said he con-
had been subscribed by the principal firms of of the Woosung Bar, for which purpose a fund It may interest your readers to know that the
Shanghai, the two Municipal Councils, and the agitation commenced years ago has been per-which had been engaged by the Chamber, could sistently maintained, and that the Chamber has not now be secured, he thought that the services Taotai As the services of Sir Charles Hartley, not ceased, by letter and wire, to urge upon the of some other eminent engineer should be engaged Foreign Office and also upon Her Majesty's for the purpose without delay, and he therefore Minister at Peking the desirability of throwing proposed: That further steps be at once taken open to foreign traffic this important commercial to obtain a survey of the Woosung Bar." This waterway; pointing out the benefits which must necessarily follow such a course; benefits in which China would herself paticipate in excess
was seconded by Mr. Dudgeon, and carried unanimously. of other nations.
At the present stage it is not desirable to go further into details of the action taken by the Chamber.-l remain, sir, yours obediently,
F. HENDERSON] Secretary, Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce. Hongkong, 15th June, 1895. HONGKONG TRIBUTE TO DR. W. G. GRACE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE
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Mr. Dudgeon said that the survey of the Bar that it would be advisable to be careful to would be a great and ardnous undertaking, 80 engage for the pupose a well-known and compe tent engineer whose name would carry weight with the Chinese authorities, as if they were prevailed upon to carry out the improvements recommended after the preliminary survey, it would be a very extensive and costly undertaking, and for that reason they ought to endeavour to obtain the services of the best professional man procurable. He was advised on good authority that if the Chamber applied officially to the Council of the Institute of Civil Engineers, they would no doubt recommend to the Chamber a thoroughly good engineer who was competent to undertake the work.
This concluded the business of the meeting. In accordance with the request of the Chairman
DAILY PRESS." SIR,-A desire has been very generally ex- a private meeting was held immediately after-pressed by members of the Cricket Club here wards to discuss the affairs of the Company.
that some step should be taken in Hongkong in the direction of association with the movement that has been initiated at home by the Daily Telegraph in honour of Dr. W. G. Grace. The
After some discussion it was proposed by the accordingly to open a list for subscriptions carried unanimously committee of the Cricket Club have decided Chairman, seconded by Mr. Dudgeon, and That a letter be drawn limited to 50 cents, which may be looked upon up requesting the President of the Council of as, roughly speaking, the equivalent of the the Institute of Civil Engineers to recommend be gentlemen in the colony other then members of the Woosung Bar, and that the same be sent English shilling. It is believed that there may an engineer to undertake the preliminary survey of the Cricket Club who may wish to participate he will kindly present it, and give all the infor- to Mr. William Keswick with the request that subscribe to the fund in question, which will be mation possible about the Bar to the engineer in this compliment and those may if they please forwarded to the Daily Telegraph as a tribute whom the Council of the Institute may recom- of admiration from members of the Cricket mend." Club and community of Hongkong. I may be published mention that His Excellency the Governor and
The following correspondencei was ordered to many other gentlemen interested in oricket have already shown their interest in the matter
Shanghai, 31st May, 1895. in a practical way. Will you kindly give publi- city to the statement in the columns of the Daily Press, and accept my thanks in anticipation for your courtesy in so doing. I am, sir, yours truly,
SIB-It may interest some of your readers to know how the hitch occurred in the Interport match this year, and how, the case now stands.
Acting on instructions from the Committee, on the 6th March I wrote both to Shanghai and Singapore, suggesting that the match for 1895 should take place under exactly the same condi- tions as last year. On the 13th March Singa- pore accepted this suggestion. As I received no answer from Shanghai, I wrote again in the beginning of April, and again on the 26th April, taking the precaution to register my last letter, not knowing what had become of the former ones, as they did not appear to have been received in Shanghai and they had not been returned to me. As you know, Singapore shot on the 4th May and we shot on the 6th, and through the kind- ness of the Telegraph Company the scores were sent on to Shanghai. On the 10th May Shang. hai wrote to the following effect, that they had written to Mr. Chapman, when they found that
■ registered letter was lying at the Post Office which turned out to be my letter of the 26th April. that they had not received my previous letters, that they were unable to shoot under the same conditions as last year. The letter to Mr. Chapman explained that their range had been closed for some months and was only just re-opened, and that owing to this and other rea- sons they had taken no steps in the matter, that they would be pleased to compete and proposed to at once select a team and fire within three weeks of receiving our telegraphic reply, and that their weapon was the Lee-Mitford rifle. On consulting our Committee I wrote to both Bhanghai and Singapore as follows :-
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Hongkong, 22nd May, 1895. As from circumstances which we are acquainted with the Shanghai Rifle Association did not take part in the usual Interport match in the spring of this year, the Committee of the Hongkong Rifle Associa. tion now propose that the shooting which has already taken place should be cancelled, and that the Inter- port match of 1895 should take place in the autumn, Bay, during the first 15 days of November (?). We fur- ther propose that the Lee-Mitford rifle be introduced into the competition, either with or without a handi. pap. Will you kindly let me know what your wishes
To this letter both Shanghai and Singapore have written agreeing to the suggestions.
So the Interport match for 1895 will be fired during the first 15 days of November, but one or two points remain to be decided yet, such as the handicap of the L. M. rifle.-I am, sir, your obedient servant,
-G. K. MOORE, Hon. Secretary, Hongkong Rifle Association. Hongkong, 13th June, 1895.
E. A. RAM,
Hon. Sec. Hongkong Cricket Club. Hongkong, 15th June, 1895. kong Club, Messrs. Lane, Crawford and Co., and Subscription lists will be found at the Hong. Messrs. Kelly and Walsh.
THE SHANGHAI CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
A meeting of the Committee of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce was held on the 10th June, at 3 p.m.
Present Messrs. A. P. MacEwen (Chairman), J. Chapsal, C. J. Dudgeon, J. Graham, A. Korff, W. D. Little, J. H. Me Michael, D. M. Moses, A. Wasserfall, and Drummond Hay, Secretary.
The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed.
ensuing year, as elected at the last meeting, The officers and sub-Committee for the were announced to be :-
Chairman-Mr. A. P. MacEwen. Vice-Chairman-Mr. C. J. Dudgeon. J. H. McMichael, E. B. Skottowe, and A. Correspondence Committee-Messra. A. Korff, Wasserfall.
Sir, I have the honour to hand you herewith merce for 1894, which will show you the im a copy of the report of the Chamber of Com portant cases that came before the Chambor of the annual general meeting held on the 29th during the course of the year, and the minutos instant which preface the report fully elucidate the opinions of the Chamber on the various quos- tions affecting Shanghai and its foreign trade.
the Chamber could not expect that the subjects Owing to the war between China and Japan they dealt with would receive from the Chinose authorities the attention they morited, but now that the war is concluded the Committee of this Chamber think they cannot do better than lay before the Consular Body, through yourself as Senior Consul, some of the most important questions affecting the trade interests of this port which require a settlement,
It is probablo that within a short period of time the discussion and settlement of various matters relating to foreign trade in China will be brought before the Foreign Representatives at Peking, and that their hands would be strengthened by having before them in a concise form the various matters of which the mercantile community have to complain, and I beg the assistance of the Representatives the necessity that exists for a Consular Body in impressing upon the Foreign prompt consideration of same.
First The Woosung Bar.-The question of
trade of Shanghai, and immediate steps should Chamber as a matter of vital interest to the the Woosung Bar has long been before the
The state of the Bar has been rendered worse be taken to remove this obstruction to navigation. by the recent wrecks of the Feima and
Arbitration Committee-Messrs. J. Chapsal, J. Graham, W. D. Little, and D. M. Moses. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman åre officio members of both Committees.
ex Nora, which the Customs authorities have
taken The Chairman called the attention of the the last few days the Chamber has received no steps to remove; and within Committee to the circumstance that at the a protest against the existing state of affairs annual general meeting held on the 20th of signed by all the shipping firms of Shang- May, it was suggested by a member present that hai, a copy of which I now forward for the a general meeting should be held quarterly, but information of the Consular Body. be was of opinion that it would be better to hold Committee meetings once a month and that a précis of the business done at each meeting should be published. This he would therefore I propose as a resolution.
of Industrial Machinery.-A letter received Second The Prohibition of the Importation from the Doyen of the Diplomatic Body at Peking early last year gave promise of decided action against the infringement of the Treaties
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