Wuku.—A letter that had been recei from Messrs. Butterfield & Swire compl: ing of the arbitrary prohibition of the ment of grain at Wuhu by the Chines rities, whereby they had suffered. ions loss, was Inid before the meeting, together with the letter embody that had been addressed to the sul on the 19th ultimo. The El a reply from the Senior Consul dated the 3rd inst which contained the satisfactory information that the Consular Body endorsed the protest that the Chamber had made action of the Chinese local erded same to the laid before the met andi as it stated th the Diplomatic Body, while symp: swith the Chamber, felt that they were obliged to submit the question to their respective governments, it was decided to whole correspondence print copies could vanded to ber of Commerce in Europe and Ameri whose ce-operation should he solicited.
Petition from Shanghai Pilots.—A peti-had been received from the Pilos asking fora revision of the pre-id before the meeting, and a_sub-Committe i of M Bois (Vice-El), A Korff, and E. A. Hewett, was appointed to deal with the matter.
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