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CONFIDENTIAL.
REGS 14 17
Colonial beoretary's Office,
sir,
Rongkong, 14th. May, 1917.
!
I am directed to inform you that it is possible
that still further requisitione by the Admiralty of British
shipping engaged in the Far Eastern Trade may be necessary, but
that in making these the vital local requirements of the Colony
will be considered to the extent of requisitioning at the request
of the Colonial Government erall British tonnage to meet such
requirements.
I am therefore to invite you to join a Committee
which the Governor proposes to appoint to ocnsider what temPSPE=
are the vital requirements of the Colony and what British tonnage
is necessary to meet such requirements.
I am &c.,
(sa., . Fletcher,
Colonial Secretary.
G. T. Edkins, Esq.,
Messrs. Butterfield & Sire.
and 5 other addressees.