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BRITISH EMBASSY,
258
C O 15258
WASHINGTON,
MAY
April 24th 1911.
Sir:-
I have the honour to transmit herewith copy of &
decision of the Court of Customs Appeals to the effect
that transhipment at Hong Kong does not vitiate direct
shipment from the Philippines to the United States for
the purpose of benefiting under the provisions of the
tariff act of 1909,
This decision should be of considerable interest as
confirming the present course of trade and the position
of Hong Kong as a distributing centre.
(Signed)
I have &c.,
James Bryce.
Fight Honourable
Sir Edward Gray, Bart., M.P.,
&c., &c., &c.