File No. 2648/8–9.
Chargé Fletcher to
the Secretary of State.
American Legation,
Peking, October 22,
1907.
No. 767.]
Sir: I have the honor to report that the
legation is in receipt of a note from the foreign office, dated October
14, 1907, copy inclosed, informing it of the promulgation by the Chinese
Government of a new set of Mining Regulations, in two volumes, copies of
which accompanied the note. A translation, now being made, will be
forwarded at a later date.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
The Prince of Ch’ing
to Chargé Fletcher.
Foreign Office,
Peking, October 14,
1907.
No. 351.]
Your Excellency: I have the honor to inform
Your Excellency that it is of official record that on September 20
this board and the board of agriculture, industries, and commerce,
jointly memorialized the Throne to the effect that, having come to a
decision regarding the Mining Regulations drawn up by His Excellency
Chang Chih-tung, since promoted from the viceroyalty of the Hu Kuang
Provinces, the said boards petitioned for imperial action in
conformity therewith. An imperial rescript granting this request has
now been received.
The board of agriculture, industries, and commerce has compiled these
regulations in book form and has requested me to distribute the same
to the foreign ministers in Peking. It accordingly becomes my duty
to transmit herewith the Mining Regulations, in two volumes, for
Your Excellency’s information.
A necessary dispatch.
[Seal of the Waiwu Pu.]
