APPENDIX 



ADDRESS OF CONGRATULATION AND WELCOME 



PRESENTED TO 



ARCHIBALD J. LITTLE, ESQ., F.R.G.S., 



ON THE OCCASION OF HIS ARRIVAL WITH THE FIRST 

 STEAMER IN THE PORT OF CHUNG-KING. 



"Chung-king, 8th March, 1898. 



"Archibald J. Little, Esq. 

 "Dear Sir, 



" We, the undersigned foreigners residing in the 

 city of Chung-king, desire to offer you our hearty congratulations 

 on this auspicious occasion, when we have the great gratification 

 of welcoming your arrival here with the first steam-vessel to 

 ascend the Upper Yang-tse. 



"We desire to make this public acknowledgment of your 

 unflagging perseverance, through many years, and praiseworthy 

 determination to bring a steamer to this city, in spite of the 

 obstacles which have been pronounced by some to be insur- 

 mountable, and we rejoice with you in the present accomplish- 

 ment of the aim which you have had so long in view. 



" We the more heartily do this because, in addition to the 

 advantages which steam navigation on the Upper Yang-tse may 

 bring to foreign residents in this great Western port, we believe 

 eventually lasting benefits will also thereby accrue to the 

 general native population in these interior provinces. 



