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No. 60.
Mr. Bayard to Mr. Denby.

Department of State,
Washington , July 27, 1886.
No. 88.]

Sir: I have received your No. 144 of the 5th ultimo, relative to the published interview between Her Britannic Majesty’s minister to China and a committee from the chamber of commerce at Shanghai, and have to say that the commerce of the United States, in common with that of other nations, is interested in the removal or amelioration of hindrances to trade and access.

I am, &c.,

T. F. BAYARD.