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S. R. & Co. Ltd.
(LONDON),
2/2/1915
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To His Excellency
The Governor of Hongkong.
COPY.
480
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following details.
We are particularly interested in the sale in Your X-
cellency's Colony, and throughout southern China, of kerosene
Vil and other l'etroleum products manufactured by the Texas Lob-
pany of Fort Arthur and New York,
Te succeeded in obtaining in lylu the agency for the sale
of these products and gave the distributing part of it to kesere.
keuter brockelmann & Co. in hongkong, because of their previous
experience in the sale of nerosene vil. That firm thus became
with ue the agents of the Texas Company, under a contract dated
Uctober 1st 1910 which was signed by us in London, on our behalf
and on that of Messrs.keuter brookelmann « Co.
The business has gradually grown to a turnover of
approximately £ 100,000 a year and, under proper management and
fostering care, is capable of great further development. The
business is thus a source of considerable profit to us and the
London Banks who are anxious to participate in the financial sid
of it, especially as the business is a very safe one for them.
AS LOBST».keuter srockelmann ... Co. are a German firm, at
present being liquidated, it is incumbent upon us to make fresh
arrangements for a new distributing agency for this oil, in order
to protect our interests and those of the producing Company, AF
well as the british sanking interests which are immediately con-
cerned by financing the business for us.
Jo unusually desirable a business of course is not likely