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C. O.
13720/1933 Hong Kong.
Mr. Delamunt. /7.x.33. Mr. Buckle
Mr.
Mr. Parkinson.
Mr. Tomlinson.
Sir C. Bottomley.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
1875
106
Downing Street,
25
October, 1933.
Sir,
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
Sue
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DRAFT.
HÙNG KÔNG
No.249
Gov.
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FURTHER ACTION.
(6)
receipt of your despatch No. 417 of
the 27th July, regarding the difficulty
the
that exists in the way of granting of
^
drawback in Hong Kong in the case of
exports of manufactured tobacco made
partly of Empire grown leaf.
2. The Board of Customs and
Excise who have been consulted
in the matter, nave reported that
drawback is granted on manufactured
tobacco of mixei Empire and non-Empire
And that origin exported from this country,,
The
revenue system of control in operation
is briefly as follower set out in the following paragraphs.
3 A manufacturer is not permitted
to receive leaf or unmanufactured
tobacco except from an Excise or
Customs Warehouse, or from the premises
ofuo