Minute of conversation at the foreign office, December 18, between the ministers Tung-Wang-Ching, Chung, and Mr. Holcombe., December 18, 1879

Minute of conversation at the foreign office, December 18, between the ministers Tung-Wang-Ching, Chung, and Mr. Holcombe.

Mr. Holcombe, referring to his previous visit, informed the ministers that he had been requested to say that the diplomatic body had examined the sixteen rules for the conservancy of the Upper Whangpoo River, that these rules met with their approval, and that in case the foreign office would address to each of the representatives a letter, in terms similar to the draft which Mr. Holcombe was requested to submit to them, a response in approval would be received from each.

The ministers, after reading the draft, stated that they would consider the matter, and would send a dispatch, either in the form or the general sense of the draft submitted.