It is proposed to offer him on the present occasion a fee of not less than 500 guineas, provided that his absence from this country does not exceed a period of five months, in addition to the daily allowance at Shanghae.
I am to request that the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury will be good enough to sanction the proposed expenditure as a charge to the sub-head for special missions in the Diplomatic and Consular Vote.
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
CHINA TRADE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[36923]
I am, &c.
(Signed)
F. A. CAMPBELL.
Sir,
No. 1.
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[October 21.]
SECTION 2.
India Office to Foreign Office.~(Received October 24.)
India Office, October 23, 1908. IN reply to your letter dated the 13th instant, with regard to the appointment of a non-official member of the delegation to the Shanghae Opium Commission, I am directed by the Secretary of State in Council for India to say that Viscount Morley would suggest that Mr. Laidlaw, M.P., should be invited to serve on the Commission.
I am, &c. (Signed) A. GODLEY.
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