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lạ may further communication
on this subject, please quote
No. 4098/13.
and address-
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
Sir:-
RECE
FOREIGN OFFICE
C.O. February 5 1913.
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(REG 6 FEB 13Į
40/162 01/12
With reference to your letter of June 17th relating
to the registry of ships owned by companies registered at
Hong Kong and having their principal place of business in
Chinese Treaty Ports, I am directed by Secretary Sir E.
Grey to state that the Board of Trade have proposed that
the question should be discussed at a conference between
representatives of that Department and of the Colonial
and Foreign Offices, before any action in the matter is
decided upon.
It has been suggested that the conference mijit take
place at the Board of Trade on February 19th at 11.30 a.m.
Subject to any observations Mr. Secretary Harcourt may
desire to offer, Sir E. Grey proposes to accept this
sugestion.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
A Lar