whether there is anything in the suggestion
Oft herewith
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19/10/16
6318. WI. 15591/806. 100,000. 1/16. D.D. & L. (UT)
Any further communication should be addressed to-
THE SECRETARY,
at the address given opposite.
The following letters and number must be quoted:-
W.T.D. 14869/16.
Letters will be dealt with more expedi tiously if they relate to one application only.
Telegrams:-
WARTRADE, Vic, London.
REC
C.O
49561
WAR TRADE DEPUMk7 GCT ¡6
4, GENTRAL BUILDINGS,
544
WESTMINSTER, S.W.
16th October, 1916,
sir,
With reference to your letter of the 7th instant
/658/16 in which you tranemitted copy of a telegram
Gouth
from the Governor of Hong Kong, relative to the
export of Wood 011, Coconut 011 and Peanut 011 to
Kobe and Manila, I am instructed by the Director of
the War Trade Department to state, for the information
of Mr. Secretary Bonar Law, that this Department
has no objection to the export of the consignmentsin
question.
With regard to the Coconut Oil, it is observed
that there has of late, been an increase in the
number of applications for permission to export Straits
and Penang Coconut Oil from Hong Kong, and it would
appear from this that Oil is being sent to Hong Kong, as a free destination,in order to obtain the benefit of the somewhat freer licensing policy adopted there, in
view of the position of Hong Kong as transhipping
centre.
The Under Secretary of State,
&C.,
&0..
Colonial office.
I am,
sir,
Your obedient Servant,
N. J.Highmore