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BOARD OF TRADE,
37783
Rece
REG 20 NOV 09:
(COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT),
GWYDYR HOUSE,
WHITEHALL,
LONDON, S.W.
10th November, 1909.
154
Sir:-
I am directed by the Board of Trade to advert to
your letter No.38463 of the 23rd October, transmitting
copy of a despatch from His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires
at Tokio on the subject of the proposed alterations in
the sugar consumption tax.
In regard thereto I am to state, for the informa-
tion of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
that the Board, as at present advised, see no occasion
for any action by His Majesty's Government in this
matter; but they would suggest, for Sir E. Grey's con-
sideration, that the views on this subject of the
Goverment of Hong Kong might be obtained with advan-
sc
Fune
tage.
I have, &c.,
(Signed)
Geo. J. Stanley.
Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.