Any further communication should be addressed to-
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
at the addrem given opposite.
The following letter and number should be quoted :-
C. 35269.
Telegraphic Address:
COLASTA, LONDON. Telephone No.: 3840 Victoria.
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BOARD OF TRADE, REC
COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENTS
GWYDYR HOUSE,
WHITEHALL,
LONDON, S.W.
6th November, 1915.
Sir,
I am directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter (No.48229) of the 28th October transmitting an extract (undated) from a report by the Censor at Hong Kong on certain telegrams sent between Messrs. Arnhold, Karberg & Co., of London, and Messrs. H.E. Arnhold & Co., of China, and in reply I am to offer the following observations.
The former of the two Companies is of course permitted to trade, subject to the same conditions as a purely British firm.
Messrs. H.E.Arnhold & Co., having accepted certain conditions, have been definitely recognised by His Majesty's Government as a British firm. They have dismissed their German employés, and a Supervisor of the Company has been appointed by His Majesty's Minister at Peking to ensure that they shall not maintain or
re-establish any connection with Arnhold, Karberg & Co.of
China except in so far as may be specially permitted by His Majesty's Minister. The Board see no reason to doubt
that the steps taken will be effective in ensuring a complete separation between the two firma in China.
I
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
S.V.