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“...COBURG
Mr Bering io the Earl of Rosebery.
My Lord, Coburg, July 14, 1886.
A new departure in the sense of pushing German commerce in the Eastern corn-
Far East has been adopted in this country, the practical value of which merce of
appears sufficient to justify my calling your Lordship's attention to it, Germany,
the more so as Gotha is the scene of the exhibition to which I allude.
With the view of ascertaining the class of European articles most instruction to
in favour, and commanding the readiest sale in the Chinese markets, German con-
the German Consular authorities in Canton and elsewhere were suls in China,
instructed to purchase on the spot, and send home specimens of
European goods of every nature, forming the staple commodities most
in vogue, together with observations based on local knowledge as to
the marks, mode of packing, and other minutiae which specially in-
duced the Chinese purchaser to favour one class of goods more than
another.
An exhibition of these goods has...”
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