The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-12-27

EEeu -. NdluIOn, WHO was specidl
commissioner from Honolulu during the
special trip to the Orient as guests of
the Chinese chambers of commerce.
The report was made at the last meet
/ ing of the Honolulu Chamber of Com.
merce, and the hearty thanks of the
chamber and of all the citizens of
Honolulu are due Mr.. Waldron. The
report is as follows
James f. Morgan, Esq, President Ho-
nolulu Chamber of Commerce.
Sir;-As your delegate to visit
China in response to the invitation of
the Chinese chambers of commerce and
in connection with the delegation in
vited from the associated chambers of
commerce of the Pacific Coast, 1 now
have the honor to submit the following
report:
The different cities represented in
the delegation with the number of
/ delegates actually attending were as
/ follows:
San Francisco, three; Seattle, three;
coma, three; Spokane, three; Port
land, one; Oakland, two; Los Angeles,
three; San Diego, two, and Honolulu,
\ one, with the exception of four days
in Canton, when we were favored with
/ the presence of Mr.. L. G. Brown, your
other appointee, who, much to his own
and my regret, was, for business rea
sons, unable to join the party at an
earlier date. Accompanying the dele
I gates were Mr.. Chas. " Bennett, sec
rotary of the commission; Mr.. G. II.
| Tribe, assistant secretary; Mr.. Chas.
/ j. Field, American Press representa-
/ tive and historian of the party; Mr..
Hamilton Butler, official Interpreter,
/ and seventeen ladies' mostly wives of
the delegates, making a total of forty
/ two. 81"
In handing you my report, wish
( to state that my hardest task has been
to condense matter, and in so doing L
feel that it Is an injustice to hundreds
/ of Chinese official and commercial gen
/ tlemen who knew of no limit in their
endeavor to extend in their welcome
and hospitality reception never be
fore accorded a party of visitors in
any country.
Date Advanced.
At the time that your delegate left
Honolulu, the proposed date for meet
ing IN Shanghai was September 20,
which was afterward changed to Sep
/ TENDER l5 so that l was a few days
late in joining the commission. l am
indebted to Mr.. Chas. j. Field, the his
torian of the party, for few notes
relative TO the Shanghai entertain
ment, which l include in my report.
Upon the arrival of the Korea at the
anchorage off WoOsung, she was met
by the specially chartered tender Vul-
can, gaily decorated with flags and
with an excellent Chinese band on
.
party to greet the commissioners were
Taotai Chow Ching Sen, president of
the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce;
Mr.. Shao Cling dow, vice president;
Mr., Chu Ii Chi, the genial secretary
of the chamber; several other Chinese
officials and commercial men; also DR..
A. p. Wilder, United States Consul
General at Shanghai, and DR.. j. @.
Ferguson.
As soon as greetings were exchang-
ed, the Vulcan conveyed the party to
the Customs jetty at Shanghai, some
twelve miles distant, each member re-
ceiving handsome silk badges embroid-
cred with the Chinese and American
flags, the entwined emblems which were
to be continually within our sight for
the following six weeks and along a
distance of three thousand miles.
To illustrate the impossibility of EN-
bodying more than the principal
events of the trip, T Shall here mention
the program followed at Shangai and
Hangchow, similar programs being the
order of the day in all other parts of
China which we had the pleasure of
visiting.
Entertainment Program.
Garden party at Chaos garden, given
by the Associated Chinese Chambers of
Commerce. 49,.
Reception by the Chinese Young
Men, Christian Association.
Evening reception by the American
$ community of Shanghai.
Reception by the Shanghai taotai
! Corresponding to mayor.
Banquet by Shanghai Chamber of
Commerce at Chang Su Hos garden.
Reception by the international Insti-
J tute.
Dinner by the Chinese press of Slang
hal.
Trip by houseboat to Kashin, thence
by train to Hangchow, thence by sedan
chairs to Westlake.
Banquet given by the governor of
Chekiang Province at yamen of the
commissioner of foreign affairs at Hang
chow.
Witness the Hangchow "bore "a
| monthly tidal phenomenon, although
having much greater volume of water
in the fall months.
Entertainment at Kashing, Fengtien
, and sucbong stations on the return trip
to Shanghai.
Reception by the Imperial Polytech-
mic School.
Theater party TO see the Opium Play,
a composition designed 10 impress upon
the people the evils Of the opium habit.
Visits were made TO the following
places of interest, elaborate eollations
being prepared for the visitors at each
place and each institution being pro-
fuseR decorated with Chinese and
, American flags and bunting; The Foo
Foong fonr mills, the Tsu engine works
, the Tung Chang oil and cotton mills,
the municipal water works, the Kiang'
nan Dock and Engineering Company,
the imperial yacht Lien llsing, tho VT
liwei woolen mills, the VA Sing cotton
mills, the Shut lnn elk hlature the
chamber of commerce and provincial
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