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File No. 803/11–12.

The Chinese Minister to the Secretary of State .

Imperial Chinese Legation,
Washington , January 21, 1907 .
No. 84.]

Sir: In pursuance of telegraphic instructions from the Wai Wu Pu, ministry of foreign affairs at Peking, I have the honor to communicate to you the list of Chinese officials specially authorized by my Government to issue to Chinese of the exempt class coming to the United States from other countries than China the certificates prescribed under section 6 of the act of July 5,1884, viz:

1.
The Chinese minister or chargé d’affaires, London, England.
2.
The Chinese minister or chargé d’affaires, Paris, France.
3.
The Chinese minister or chargé d’affaires, Berlin, Germany.
4.
The Chinese minister or chargé d’affaires, St. Petersburg, Russia.
5.
The Chinese minister or chargé d’affaires, Vienna, Austria.
6.
The Chinese minister or chargé d’affaires, Rome, Italy.
7.
The Chinese minister or chargé d’affaires, The Hague, Netherlands.
8.
The Chinese minister or chargé d’affaires, Brussels, Belgium.
9.
The Chinese minister or chargé d’affaires, Madrid, Spain.
10.
The Chinese minister or chargé d’affaires, Lisbon, Portugal.
11.
The Chinese minister or chargé d’affaires, Tokyo, Japan.
12.
The Chinese minister or chargé d’affaires, Mexico City, Mexico.
13.
The Chinese minister or chargé d’affaires, Lima, Peru.
14.
The Chinese — or chargé d’affaires, Havana, Cuba.
15.
The Chinese consul-general, Johannesburg, Transvaal.
16.
The Chinese consul-general, Singapore, Straits Settlements.
17.
The Chinese consul-general, Seoul, Korea.
18.
The Chinese consul-general, Manila, Philippine Islands.
19.
The Chinese consul, Honolulu, Hawaii.
20.
The Chinese commercial agent, Vladivostok, Siberia.

I am informed that the above list has been officially communicated to the American minister at Peking, and I shall be greatly obliged if you will be so kind as to advise the Secretary of Commerce and Labor of the action taken by my Government in conformity with his suggestions in this matter.

Accept, etc.,

Chentung Liang Cheng.