1903 - The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce

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Junks flying Foreign Flags.
HmmKnNG GF.NERAL CHAMBER oF C.oMr.rERCE,
HoNGKONG, 24th June, 1903.
SIR,-With reference to your letter (No. 881) o£ 21st April, 1902
on the subject of tlw protection affor(h•d Jnnk Owner~ by their sailing
under foreign flags in onlr to e~eape paymrnt of a tax callehtnted n t the Honal·on Ob - or m arnmgs to be
>:::- ~ g · ~(:'tTatory on the l' ' f
report snbmittc•cl in my letter c f th 19tl J mes me tea tell in the
' 0 1 anuary la:;t.
I would beg to rrmind yom that in l
last you 5tatf'll that Hi:< Exc 11 . your e~ter of the 27th September
d . . e enc; was anxwu~ t .
ma e m the existing :-;ntem of St . \V ·.. :-s o see Improvements
therefore venture to ho];C that . t. ort~n atnmgs, and my Committee
. , ms I uc lon::; have ·ll ·e d b .
e carrymg out of the sng t l . , , r a y een giVen for
th . I . ges f'( Improvements b th Ob
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tc 1 as a mattPr of fnct
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e servatory
ant.! safety of shipping. ' Y 0 ~ a rs e for the benefit
t] I am al~o to point out th a t th', 1" rs . a matter of · ·
1e near approach of the b·ph _, urgency m vrew of
J oon ::.eason.-I have &c
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A. R. LOWE Sa t
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onom·abk F. H. MAY cM(' C 1 . 1 S , ,ere ary.
• • • T,, o oma ecretarJ.
CoLo~ rAL SECRETARY's OFFICE,
HoNGKOSG, 2!ith .June, 1903.
SIR,-In rPply to your lttr of thr. 2-J.th in,.;tant, I am directed to
in£orm you that as the re~nlt of corrrsp01nlrnce with tlw Accretary of State
Eor the ( ~Jloni e ,; the conr,.:P which thi~ UoYPrnmrnt ha" been pursuing
for a considerable time pa: