Treasury Chambers
RECEIVED
103/66 NOV22 1866
119
Coffey for. 99-15 Depth
Letter to Oriental Bank Corporation
Ansu ? 26 April 16,
240
3851
119 To 437
Sir,
21.7737 1866.
The Lords Commissioners of Her
Majesty's Treasury have had before
Their Lordships,
the Ordinance of ... imposing and regulating
Stamp Duty at Hong Kong; and, with reference to the request of the Oriental
Bank Corporation that Bank
Notes
may
be exempted from Stamp Duty, I am to state, for the information of the Earl of Carnarvon that Their Lordships would be unwilling to interfere with the
operation of
the Ordinance until they have received
The Under Secretary of State
for the Colonies
...