Shanghai, 6th January, 1897.
Sm,—I have the honour to hand you herewith for your information a letter of His Excellency Colonel Denby, Doyen of the Diplomatic Body at Peking, dated 24th of November, another one dated the 15th of December, the latter with enclosure, on the subject of the Revision of the Yangtze Regulations. In this matter the Teungli Yamen had been addressed by Colonel Denby in a communication, copy of which was sent you with-my letter of the 29th of October last. His Excellency, in now handing to me the answer received from the Tsungli Yamen, suggests that after consulting the Directors of the Steamship Companizs and the Chamber of Commerce as to the changes which mizht be desirable, a circumstantial report should be drawn "p by the Consular Body taking up and discussing each article of the regulations which will later be the subject of an agreement between the Foreign Ministers and the Trungli Yamen.
To enable the Consular Body to comply with these directions it is suggested that the Chamber of Commurce together with the Steamship Companies, at whose request the matter was taken up, should frst deal with the subject and hereafter embody the result of their Inbours in a report to be submitted to the Consular Body for further consideration.
Requesting that you will kindly return the enclosed letters, Thave th" honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, O. Sroesen, Consul-General for Germany cond Senio* Consul.
E. F.
Aurorp, Exq., airman, Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.