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In any further communication
on the subject, please quote
No.
and address
118289/15.
Tho Under Socretary of State,
Foreign Offeç.
London.
Sir:-
Rec
C.O
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REG 2 CEP 15
FOREIGN OFFICE
243
September 1915.
I am directed by Secretary Sir E.Grey to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter No.38189 of
August 23rd. transmitting copy of telegraphic
correspondence with the Governor of Hong Kong relative
to the proposal to require landing certificates in
the case of prohibited goods exported from Hong Kong.
The form of certificate proposed by His Excellency
the Governor in his telegram of the 18th. August would
make it encumbent upon a Consular Officer to give a
personal guarantee (a) that the goods in question had
been duly landed (b) that they would be consumed in
a particular place.
With reference to point (b) I am to transmit a
copy of a circular telegram to His Majesty's
Representatives in accordance with which Consuls have
now been instructed to refuse to give any guarantee
of
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
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