Country of origin of the original cane sugar, found only that it did not come from a Country which the Tariff Commission
has
bounties.
decided to give
fujou and
23/5 6.2.224
at once
FOREIGN
OFFICE
FOR USE IN
EASTERN
No.
COLONIAL
Sir:-
OFFICE
C. O.
14874
2051
FOREIGN OFFICE, 27 APR 04!
April 26 1904.
Foo
With reference to your letter 12508/04 of the
13th instant I am directed by the Marquess of Lans-
downe to transmit herewith copy of a despatch which
His Lordship has addressed to His Majesty's Ambassa-
dor at Paris requesting him to draw the attention of
the French Government to the action of the Customs
Authorities of the French Colony of Indo-China in
prohibiting the import of sugar from Hongkong, and
to ask that those authorities may be instructed by
telegraph to admit such sugar at the rate estab-
lished by Decree of August 21st, 1903, for sugar
which has fulfilled the conditions prescribed by the
Brussels Convention.
The difficulty of proving that no bounty-fed
sugar is exported from Hongkong would appear to be
due to the fact that at Hongkong no certificates of
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
x b
origin