1903 - The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce

(d.) In the event. of ~ncb a refuRal, ha;;
the firm thus rejected any right of appeal
and, if so, to w horn !
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I
Agents if thi' Government asks that a
particnlar order may he placed wit~h a particular
firm. fi nd the Government bas even·
reason to be satisfied with the quality nn;l
]n·iee nf the store;; supplied to it.
(rl.) Ye;;. To the Secretary vf State f,,r the
Colonies. I woulcl Jay on the t-able Parliamentary
P>lper C.s.0. 0
7;') of lii8 l1·elative to
the functions of the Crown ,\ge nt~, which
has alreacl v been laid on this table in 1894.
I will also "quote the opinion of the majorit-y
of the P ublic Works Com mi~~ion 1902 on
page VI of i ts Rcpol'l :-
II.E. the Govemor :-I don't. think it i;;
necessary.
THE CF:YLON 0 HA1KRF:H OF CoMMEr-tcR,
CoLoMBO, Rth Sept ember, ] 90:1.
DEAR Sm,-I am rliredt"d to acknowledge n•ceipt of yonr lett t hank~ of my ( 'ommittee
for the intere~tiug information it. eo n tain~, relatin· to the working
of "Crown Agents" System and the Pnhlic 'Work.; Department in your
Colony.
I am further desired to expre~s tlw thanks of thi~ Chamb a enlamity a~ would he the introuuction of Plague among
om ( 'o nllllUility, ~ ti ll from thl' point of Yit>w of inter-tradP with H ongkong
thcting me to communicatan,.: of an cxaminatiou of Ohine~e passengers from Hongkong for
Ringa pon• could not be devised and put into practice of so much more
stringent a nature a~ would be likely reduce to a minimum the chances
of P lague case.; oc e urrin~ on the vvyage or arriving here.
5. The last thing that Singapore would ever desire is to have quarantine
or prohibition applying hert> to ,teamer::; arriYing from Hongkong,
and if any action on your side eau be dcYised of reducing the
risk of this to a minimum, it would not be le:"s agreeable to u~ than "·e
feel it would lw to om· neighbour:< and friend,.: of Hongkong.- I haw, &c.,
ALEX. J . GUNN, Secretary.
The Secr!:'tary, ( 'HAMBEH OF l\niMEJ-tCE, Hongkong.
L'oJonial Secrt>tary'~ Offict>,
tlJNGAPORE, lltb June, Hl03.
Sil'.- 1 alll dirPdt•d to iuforlll you that the Port H ealth Officer has
reported that thP Ausb·iaJJ Steam Ship Jlelpomene which arriYed
.\'P: dea tli~ from P lague Juring the
Yoyage and tlwt two e:t~ e>' of Phlgu(' \H~ l'