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FORLICH OFFICK,
3.7. 1.
21st January, 1933.
Gentleman,
I am directed by Secretary Sir John Simon to acknowledge receipt of an extract from a letter on the subject of
smuggling dated the 2nd December, 1932 from Messrs, Butterfield and Swire, Hongkong, to yourselves.
2. The Secretary of State would be glad to learn
whether the statement of fines levied during 1932, referred
to in your letter to the Colonial Office of the 29th
September last, is yet available.
I am,
gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
(Sd.) C. W. Orde.
Messrs. John Swire and Sons Limited,
8, Billiter Square,
E.C. S.