Mr. Cockburn, C.B., are now in Hongkong, and are the guests of H.E. the Gorernor at Government. House. On Thursday they met the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce at tiffin at St. John's Place, on the invitation of the Chairman, Sir Thomas Jackson. The Chamber have handed a. memorandum in to the Commissioner, giving their views on the question connected with the Tariff and trade, and Sir James Mackay has also, I hear, had interviews with various persons both here and in Canton, from whom he has collected much information. Sir James Mackay has produced a good impression on all who have met him as being most heartily desirous to promote the interests of trade.
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