On Monday a deputation of lending members of the Mercantile Community waited upon Mr. P. J. Hughes, H.B, M.'s Consul-General, for the purpose of presenting a memorial on the bonded warehouse monopoly, to be forwarded to Peking. The deputationcunsisted of Messrs. A.G. Wood, H. H. Joseph, F. Haskell, E. H. Lavers, Macgregor C. J. Holiday, M. MI, Motes, W, Long W.'C. Wand, F. D. Bush, Mr. Hvanes said,—Gentlemen, I have much pleasure in receiving this deputes tion, the numerous and influential character of which plainly shews the great importance attached to the question which you desire to bring to the notice of the Diplomatic body.
Mr. Maccrecor said—Mr, Hughes, a portion of the commercial community have thought that, in the recent proceedings of the Chamber of Commerce in_connection* with Bonded Warehouses, sufficient prominence was not given to the arguments of equity and amity in claiming that the concession should be general, and not confined exclusively to the property of the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company. A memorial was consequently drawn up, bearing upon those points; it has been signed very generally by importers and some others interested in the subject, and on behalf of this deputation of signatories I now beg to hand you the memorial which speaks for itself, and request that you will, in your capacity as Senior Consul, be good enough
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