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FOREIGN OFFICE,
July 21st
1905.
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With reference to your letter 23051/1905 of the
15th instant respecting the duties on sugar imported
into the Philippines, I am directed by the Marquess
of Lansdowne to state that no further information on
the subject of sugar legislation in those islands
has been received since that contained in the memo-
randum of the Board of Trade of December last refer-
red to in your letter, with the exception of a noti-
fication of the slight increase in the duties in
March last.
A copy of your letter has been forwarded to the
Board of Trade who have been informed that Lord Lans-
downe proposes to send copies of the extract from
the Journal des Fabricants de Sucre, enclosed in
your letter, to His Majesty's Consular Officers at
Manila and Iloilo with instructions to report as to
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
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