TREATIES WITH COREA, On the announcement being made that the United States and British Governments hind concluded treaties with the Kingdom of Corea, your Committee addressed the Secretary of State at Washington through the United States Consu general at this port, and Lord Gr in London, asking that, before rat ion, your Committee might be afforded an opportunity of expressing its views upon the dau the treaties relating to trade and commerce. Lotters were also sent to the Chambers of Commerce at Shanghai and Yokohama The attention of your Committee having directed, in the carly part of the ear, to certain statements which appeared in the publio papers to, the effect that represent t Peking, was in commu: Her Majesty's Government, through: its
nication with the Chinese Government in regard to the trade ta opium between India and China, your Committee doom blo to' address Her Majes for the olonios, through t! out, asking that in the event of the proposed arrangements in any way uffocting this port or intorferring with the freedom of trade, the ber might haven opportunity of expressing its views before auy.couclusion was come Copies of the Cummitioo's letter wore sent to the Presidents of the London Chamber of Commerce, the British and Colonial Union, the Government of India, and to the Bombay and Bengal Chamber of Comméros.
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