Atthe meeting of the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, held at the offices, No. 1, Kiukiang Road, on Monday, the 13th of April, 1896, at 4 p.m.
Present:—Messrs. A. P. MacEwen (Chairman), C. J. Dudgeon, John Graham, A. Korff, W. D. Little, J. H. McMichael, D.
Moses, E. B. Skottowe, A. Wasserfall, and the Secretary.
The Minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed.
Increasing the number of Licensed: Pilots—A petition which had been sent in by the Pilots, protesting against the proposed increase of their numbers, was read, and it was decided that Mr. Korff should represent the Chamber when the matter was discussed at a meeting of the Consular Board to be held shortly.
Transit Passes:—Two despatches from the Senior Consul, with enclosures from the Doyen of the Diplomatic Body, on the subject of the existing method of issuing Transit Passes were laid before the meeting, and it was noted with regret that the Tsungli Yamen declined to make any alteration in the present regulations. A letter from the Chairman of the Chinkiang Chamber of Commerce on this subject was also read, and it was decided that the matter should not be allowed to drop, but that further efforts should be made to bring about the reform needed.
the British Mail Contract:—It was agreed that an address to the British Minister should be drawn up laying before him the reasons the Comittee found for objecting to Hongkong being made the terminal point when the new contract is entered into in January 1898, The Annual General Meeting:—It was decided that the Annual General Meeting should be held at the offices of the Chamber at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, the 29th of April.
After the transaction of further business the following correspondence was ord for publication,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.