Commerce.
Shanghai, 9th March, 1899.
My Lorp,—A copy of a memorial has been furnished this Chamber which was addressed to Your Lordship through the China Association, London, by the residents of Chungking, urging that steps should be taken by Naval Experts to survey the waters of the Upper Yangtze, with a view to promote regular communication by steamers with the port of Chungking, and the Committee of this Chamber cordially support thre petition made, in the interests of trade and for the better protection of the lives of foreigners resident in the province of Szechuan, believing that there are no insuperable difficulties in
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