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avoided. His Lordship thinks it would be well that, when the information published in the proposed periodical. has been received from Her Majesty's Diplo- matic and Consular Agents abroad, the name of the Official who supplies it should be appended, and that when an extract is given, reference should be made to the Report itself.
The most convenient course to follow would probably be for this Office to indicate what information they consider may, with propriety, be made public through this channel at the time of its transmission; but, if the Board of Trade desire to publish extracts from other despatches which are sent to them for perusal, a proof of such matter should, in the first instance, be submitted to this Office.
The correspondence which I am forwarding in a separate letter to-day contains suggestions which may possibly be of service to the Board of Trade in deciding the lines of their new publication.
I am, &c.,
The Secretary,
Board of Trade.
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J. BRYCE.
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Board of Trade to Foreign Office.
BOARD OF TRADE,
(Commercial Department),
LONDON, S.W.
13th August, 1886.
SIR,
In their letter of the 30th ultimo, the Board of Trade have already referred to Mr. Bryce's letter of the 27th ultimo, respecting the proposed Trade Journal to be issued by the Board, and they have thanked the Foreign Office for their commu-
nication.
I am now to state, for the information of the Earl of Iddesleigh, that the Board of Trade are applying to the Treasury for their sanction to a Journal in the form and of the character described in their previous communications, and they will inform their Lordships of the approval which the Foreign Office has given to the proposal. I am also to state that in doing so, the Board of Trade will express their agreement with the various suggestions contained in your letter of the 27th ultimo, namely: 1st, that some gentleman from the Board of Trade should confer with the Foreign Office regarding the details of the publication; 2nd, that the name of the Official in the Diplomatic and Consular Services abroad supplying any information should be mentioned; and, 3rd, that when an extract is given, reference should be made to the Report itself. The Board of Trade also agree that it will be expedient, as the Foreign Office suggests, for the latter Department. to communicate what information they consider may, with propriety, be made public; and that if the Board of Trade desire to publish extracts from despatches sent to them by the Foreign Office for perusal, a proof of such matter should, in the first instance, be submitted to the latter.
The Board of Trade will undertake that these matters will receive their attention, and they will endeavour in every possible way to avail themselves of the assistance which your Department will be able to afford.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
I have, &c.,
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HENRY G. CALCRAFT: