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Terence T.1671.

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REG 13 SEP 161

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RUBBER AND TIN EXPORTS COMMITTEE,

3, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE,

WESTMINSTER, S.W.

13th. September, 1916.

#4031,

sir,

I am directed by the Rubber and Tin Exporte Committee to

acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Grindle's letter of the 7th.

instant, (No6/42620/1916) forwarding a copy of a telegram from the

Governor of Hong Kong relative to a proposed shipment of 1,000

tons of Straits Tin from Hong Kong to Kobe.

In reply, I am to invite a reference to my letter of the

24th .ultimo (T.1522) in which the Committee expressed the

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opinion that it is highly undesirable to allow the re-export

of Straits Tin from Hong Kong.

In this connection, I am to observe, for Mr. Secretary

Bonar Law'e information, that owing to the necessity for

maintaining and increasing the stocks available for the possible

requirements of His Majesty's Government, the export of

Straits Tin to all destinations is at present subject to the

8 Under-Secretary of State,

COLONIAL OFFICE.

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