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FOREIGN OFFICE.
August 4th. 1905.
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I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to
state that his attention has been drawn to the enclosed
extract from the Journal des Fabricants de Sucre* of
the 5th. of July last in which it is stated that a con-
siderable quantity of the 1903-4 sugar crop in the
Philippines is destined for local refineries.
In view however of the large amount of sugar said
to have been so appropriated, it seems to His Lordship
doubtful whether the word "raffineries" in the enclosed
extract is not a mistake for "consommation".
I have to instruct you to report whether any sugar
refineries are now in actual operation in the Philip-
pine Islands, and, if such is the case, as to the ex-
tent of the annual output of refined sugar.
In the event however of there being no refineries
J. Kenny,
Esq.,
&c.,
&C.,
&c.
Manila.
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