Other National Chambers to Join in Annual Conference: Many Important Subjects Preparations for the annual Conference in Shanghai of the Asso-, ciated British Chambers of Commerce are now well advanced. The Conference is to take place this_year on February 21 to 23, immediately after the China New Year holidays, and, as heretofore, through the courtesy of his Honour Sir Skinner Turner, will be held in the British Supreme Court. H. M. Charge d'Affaires, Mr. R. H. Clive, c.a.c., will attend, - and amongst other official visitors expected are Mr. Sidney Barton, C.M.G., H. M. Consul-General, Honorary President—of the Shanghai Chamber; Mr. H. H. Fox, om.c., FIN, Commercial Counsellor of Legation, Honorary Vice-President Mr. J. Brett, H. M. Com mercial Secretary of Legation; the Australian and Canadian Trade Commissioners; Mr. J. T. Pratt, H. M. Consul-General at Nanking, and others.
The list of representatives from the other Chambers who are members of the Association is not yet complete, but, as far as is known at present, the Peking Chamber will be represented by Mr. S. PF. Mayers, of the British & Chinese Corporation, Mr. M. E. Weatherall, of Messrs. Reiss & Ca., and Mr. W. H. E. Thomas, manager of the Chartered Bank; the Tients'n Chamber by Mr. E. C. Peters; the Hankow Chamber by Mr. H. K. Peters; the Chefoo Chamber by Mr. William Lyttle: and the Hongkong Chamber by Mr. John Johnstone.
A new departure is to be taken this year in that the other national Chambers of Commerce have been invited to send representatives to the Conference to discuss two questions which are of common miterest. One of these is the existing state of disorder in China. and the other the debased condition of the copper currency.
In the resolution on the first subject the Chinese Chamber of Commerce is evincing very great interest and proposes to send not less than four delegates, of whom the Chairman of the Chamber, Mr. Sung Hamchang, manager of the Bank of China, will be one. According to particulars so far received at the offices of the Shanghai British Chamber of Commerce, the representatives of the other national Chambers in Shanghai will be as follows:—American, Messrs. J. Wf. Dollar-and W. A. Burns; Japanese, Messrs. M. Nodaira and M. Shute; Italian, Chev. C. Fumagalli and Sig. Giachino; French. MIN. E. Charlot and M. Chapeaux, the former being Vice-Chairman of the Chamber; General Chamber of Commerce, Sir Edward Pearce.
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