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THE SECRETARY,
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MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS OF WAR,
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LONDON, S.W.
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REB 14 JUL IF!
12th July, 1916.
I am directed by the Minister of Munitions
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th May,
Reference No.30371/18, with copy of dispatch from the
Governor of Hong Kong relating to the shipment of
Dynamite and Detonatora. In reply, I have to state,
for the information of Mr. Secretary Bonar Law, that,
with a view of meeting the present shortage of Glycerine,
the Minister has arranged to reduce as far as possible
the percentage of Glycerine used in Blasting Explosives,
and to restrict the shipment of those explosives to
British Possessions and their employment in British
Possessions to such directions that will serve national
purposes at the present time. He considers therefore
that the continued shipment of explosives from Hong Kong
is undesirable, and would suggest that, if Mr. Secretary
Bonar Law sees no objection, arrangements should be made
for the discontinuance of these shipments.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
S.W.
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I am,
Bir.
Your obedient Servant,
Halewellyn Semitt