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Draft Minutes of the 170th Meeting of the Imperial
Shipping Committee held in the Conference Room of the
Ministry of Health, Great George Street, S.W.1, on Friday
22nd July, 1932.
Present:-
The Rt. Hon. Sir Halford J. Mackinder (In the Chair) Sir F.W. Leith-Ross.
Sir Bhupendra N. Mitra.
Mr. H.T. Andrews.
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8.H. Dodwell.
H. Farrands.
W.L. Hichens.
Kenneth Lee.
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T. Harrison Hughes.
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W. Graham (Secretary).
# E. MacLeod.
Sir Leopold Savile and
Capt. J.A. Edgell of the Admiralty, and
Capt. F. Entwistle and
Mr. F.S. Barton of the Air Ministry also
attended the meeting.
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Apologies for absence were received from Sir John
Shuckburgh, Lt. Col. F.C. Shelmerdine and the Hon. Alexander Shaw.
1. Minutes.
The Minutes of the 169th Meeting were approved.
2. Hudson Bay Marine Insurance Rates (vide paragraph 6 of
Minutes of 169th Meeting).
The Chairman read a letter which he had sent to Mr. Ferguson (the High Commissioner for Canada) suggesting
that, unless the question were a practical one in the sense
that there were several ships for charter during the present
season, it would be better not to attempt to modify the agreed
requirements at the moment. The letter also explained that
the Chairman of the Joint Hull Committee had been advised that the question was likely to be raised later and suggested that
he should indicate the kind of information which would be
required by his Committee, assuming they accepted the principle
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