It any further communication
on the subject, please quote
No. 177254/15.
and addre
The Under-Secretary of State.
Foreign Office.
London.
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Sir:-
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November
27
1915.
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to transmit
copies of correspondence with the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company and His Majesty's Treasury
regarding proposed shipments of gold from Hong Kong to
Holland, and to request that Mr. Secretary Bonar Law
would be so good as to cause the Hong Kong Governsent to
be informed that such a shipment, though consigned to the
Netherlands Oversea Trust, should not be permitted unless the
Banks can show proof of actual acceptance of the consignment
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by the Trust.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am,
Sir.
Your most obedient.
humble Servant,
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