All the members of the Commercial Mission to China organised by the Lyons Chamber of Commerce have now returned to France. These glorified commercial travellers have brought back a great deal of useful information and the promoters of the expedition are very well satisfied with the "result. As a mark of the interest taken by the Government in the affair, it has been arranged that the members of the Mission shall have a special audience of President Faure to-morrow at Rambouillet. The Mission was a remarkable departure from French routine methods, and, asit has done so well, we may expect to hear of others at no distant date. The cotton cloth manufacturers are especially anxious to establish a footing in the China market.
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