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Referring to the seventh paragraph of
your Despatch No. 28 dated the 10th. February, 1905, which
dealt with the question of the penalization of Raw Sugar pro-
-duced in the Philippine Islanis, I have the honour to trans-
-mit a note which, after discussing the matter with General E. 3. Bragg, Consul-General for the United States of America,
I handed to that gentleman on the 15th. ultimo.
2.
General Bragg informed me on the 3rd.
instant that he had communicated on the subject with the
Authorities at Washington and Manila and that the Civil
Governor of the Philippines recognising the importance of the
Hongkong Market to sugar growers in the Philippine Islands
was bringing the question of reduction of surtax before the
Commission there.
3.
In view of the Meeting of the Permanent
Commission at Brussels on the 6th. instant, I considered it
advisable, after consulting the representatives of the firms
of Jardine, Matheson and Company and Butterfield and Swire
who own the two Sugar Refineries here which at times obtain
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ALFRED LYTTELTOV, K.C., M.P..
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