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C.I.B.57932.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE BRANCH,
BOARD OF TRADE,
632
73, BASINGHAll STREET,
LONDON, E.C.
18th December, 1915.
Dear Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 13th December, respecting the standing of
Messrs. Sanders, Rehders & Co. Ltd., and the position
in regard to the sub-agency for the Texas Oil Company
of New York, held on their behalf in Hongkong.
In reply, I may say that Mr. E. J. Carroll,
Director of the Company here, has seen me several
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times since the queation of enemy firms in China came
to the front, and from what he has told me I gather
that your statement in reference to the constitution
of the company and nationality of the principal
shareholders, is correct, except that the percentage
of capital held by enemy aliens would appear, from
Somerset House figures (copy of which I attach) to be
there are 24,00 shares out of a
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something under 22%
C. B. L. Tennyson, Esq. ↓
COLONIAL OFFICE,
S.W.
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