The Archive · 1892

Report of the Committee on Foreign Com

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

merce in Regard to the Complaint of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce as to the Fraudulent Stamping of Cotton Goods Imported in that Country—Resolutions Adopted.

ber of Commerce was held Thursday at the 4 regular monthly meeting of the Cham: rooms of the Chamber, 32 Nasswu street. Herman 0. Armour, William H. Hollister and Wilhaw Lummis were elected members the Chamber to fill vacancies in the bership. James x, T. Stravaban, William H. Lyon, A. Foster Higgin: William L. Stong and Willinm A. Parsons were elected as delegates to represent the Chamber at the twenty-second annual meeting of the National Board of Trade, to be held in Washington, commencing on Wednesday. Jan 27th.

Mr. A. Foster Hi ins, chairman on the Harbour and ping Committee, was authorised ty sigh, on behalf of the Chamber, the memorial addressed to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, urging the necessary appropriation for the continuance ut the breakwaters now in course of construction on Long Island Sound Mr. Francis B. Thurber, chairman of the Committtes on Foreign Commerce and the Revenue Laws, to whom was referred the letter of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce in regard to the fraudulent stamping of cotton goods imported into that country, submitted the following report on the subject

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