of Commerce.
The Committee of this Chamber are now preparing a revision, up to date, of the Reports on the various sections of Trade, and on foreign industries in China, the originals of which were forwarded in 1896 to Col. Denby, Minister for the United States and Doyen of the Diplomatic Corps at Peking. When the revised Reports are completed they will be forwarded to Your Excellency, in the hope that they may prove Tariff Revision is being w Thave the honour to be, Sir Enyrst M. Satow, x ¢ x10 H.BM.'s Envoy "livery and Minister Plenipent ary Peking Peki 20th January, 1901.
Sin,—I beg to acknowle the receipt of your letter of the 16th inst. with reference to the probable revision of the Chinese Tariff, and to thank the Committee for their promise of revised Reports now in course of preparation. "The Chamber reply on my adopting every practical means of ascertaining their wishes whenever revision of the Tariff comes to be considered.
Lam. Sir, Your obedient servant, igned) est Sarow. A. Wricut, Es
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