1903 - The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
1903 - The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
1903 - The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
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lu accordance \\itlt your wi: ... he,.. I will conllllllllicate thi,; reply to<br />
the <strong>Chamber</strong>.~ conc:f'rned.-[ alll, & to give m: any information<br />
regarding thr working <strong>of</strong> the "Crown Agt->nh-: ., sy:conomical to Government and also<br />
that the Merchant,.: who an• themf;elve:; taxpayer;; have a fair claim to h('<br />
allowed to tender for the :...upply <strong>of</strong> good,; towarcls whose purchast' they<br />
tll('DJSC'h·e,; couhibuh•. 'l'lwn· i,; anothxpeuition and economy would 'Le<br />
~eetn·eu, anu loeal indu~trie,.: greatly fo:-tereu. My Committee are<br />
somewlmt in sylllpathy with tlw alloY ( ~ arguments, but a re not confluent<br />
that a movement a;;:;ailing tlte " ( 'rown Agent;;;" ;;y;;;tcm, the P ublic<br />
"\'Vork:; Department :wu the Gowmment li'nctorY would haYe a successful<br />
issue.<br />
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H oNGKONG GENERAL UHAMBER OF CoMMERCE,<br />
H ONGKONG, 24th July, <strong>1903</strong>,<br />
D EAR S11~,-T am Jirl'ctc(l to acknowledge the receipt <strong>of</strong> your lettl they are hardly i11 a po::ition to ropl:· in deta.il to all the<br />
points raised in ;·our lt>tter unuer reply.<br />
You will gather from the enclosed report, No. 13/1902 dated 29th<br />
March, 1U02, <strong>of</strong> thr ( 'om mis~ion appointed hy H. E. tlw Governor on<br />
l Uh October, 1901, to inqnin> into the Pnblie \ V orb Department, that<br />
~ome <strong>of</strong> t,hC' matters rcforre>!l to bv yon haw Le en the ,.:u hject <strong>of</strong> comparatively<br />
rec(•nt i.nyc,.:tigation he~·e, .. anti, in ordPr that n1y Committee<br />
might be in a better position to con:
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