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THE SECRETARY,
nt the address given opposite.
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be quoted :-
W.T.D.
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140
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WAR TRADE DEPARTMENT
NEGL
19 APT. 161
4. CENTRAL BUILDINGS.
WESTMINSTER, S.W.
E
18th April, 1916.
sir,
I am instructed by the Director of the War Trade
Department to acknowledge-receipt of your letter of
the 11th instant, No. 17106, in which you transmitted
a copy of a telegram received from the Governor of
Hong Kong with regard to the proposed shipment to
Yokohama, Tamsul, San Francisco, Manila and Bangkok
respectively of consignments of Tallow, Peanut Oil and
Wood 011.
With regard to the consignment of Tallow, I am to
state for Mr. Bonar Lay's information that Lord Emmott
is of opinion that permission to export should not be
granted and I am to add that this Department has no
objection to the export of the remaining consignments.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
etc.
etc.,
Colonial Office.
Arding
for the Secretary
The Under Secretary of State,
etc.