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Convention threatened to destroy the sugar industry and the resumption of which will be the necessary and immediate consequence of the withdrawal of Great Britain from the terms of the Convention.

To His Honour

T. Lawrence Roxburgh,

Administrator.

I have, &c.,

!

C. ARTHUR SHAND, Chairman, Nevis Agricultural and

Commercial Society.

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Bretagne et qu'elle fasse l'objet d'un échange de vues entre les délégués des Etats contractants.

Le Gouvernement allemand n'est pas encore en mesure de se prononcer sur la proposition du Gouvernement belge d'après laquelle la Commission formulerait ses conclusions en un projet de protocol additionnel à la Convention du 5 Mars 1902, qui serait signé plus tard par les Représentants à Bruxelles des Etats associés. Il estime qu'à cet égard il faudrait attendre le cours des délibérations de la Com- mission permanente.

J'ai eu soin de charger nos légations de porter ce qui précède à la connaissance des Gouvernments respectifs.

Veuillez agréer, &c.,

DAVIGNON.

26313

Enclosure 2 in No. 71.

No. 71.

FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received July 23, 1907.)

The Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments to the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonics, and, by direction of the Secretary of State, transmits herewith copy of the under-mentioned papers.

MONSIEUR LE SECRÉTAIRE D'ETAT,

Londres, le 22 Juillet, 1907.

ME référant à la lettre que j'ai eu l'honneur d'adresser à Votre Excellence à la date du 18 Juillet, j'ai été chargé de porter à la connaissance que les Gouverne- ments italien et néerlandais adhèrent à la proposition de convoquer la Commission permanente des Sucres pour le 25 de ce mois. La réponse du Gouvernement austro- hongrois à ce sujet n'est pas encore parvenue au Gouvernement du Roi.

Foreign Office,

July 23, 1907.

DESCRIPTION OF ENCLOSURES.

Name and Date.

Subject.

Son Excellence

&C.

Sir Edward Grey, Bart., M.P.,

&c.,

&c.

Je saisis, &c.,

LALAING.

Sir A. Hardinge (Brussels), No. 58, Commercial,

July 19.

Belgian Minister, July 22

Sir A. Hardinge, Telegram No. 4, Commercial,

July 22.

SIR,

Sugar Convention.

(Copies sent to other Sugar Offices.)

Enclosure 1 in No. 71.

(No. 58. Commercial.)

Brussels, July 19, 1907.

WITH reference to my despatch, No. 55, Commercial, of July 6th, I have the honour to transmit herewith copy of a note from the Belgian Government con- taining the reply of the German Government to the proposal for the meeting of the Permanent Sugar Commission on July 25th.

I have, &c.,

་

Enclosure 3 in No. 71.

Paraphrase of Telegram from Sir A. HARDINGE, Brussels, No. 4, Commercial, of

+

July 22, 1907.

With reference to my telegram, No. 3, Commercial.

I have been informed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs that the meeting of

the Sugar Convention is to take place at 3 o'clock on July 25th.

This intimation has been made telegraphically to the Governments concerned.

Attached to 26035

SIR,

No. 72.

TREASURY to FOREIGN OFFICE.

Treasury Chambers, July 24, 1907. THE Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have had before them your letter of the 22nd instant,* enclosing a copy of the proposed instructions to the British Delegate to the forthcoming meeting of the Permanent Sugar Commission, and they have received from the Board of Trade copies of the proposed forms of certificates of origin of British refined sugar and sugar manufactures.

I am directed to state, for the information of Secretary Sir Edward Grey, that they concur in the proposed instructions and in the proposed forms of certificate.

(For Sir Arthur Hardinge)

PERCY C. WYNDHAM

The Right Honourable

Sir Edward Grey, Bart., M.P.,

&c., &c., &c.

26035

No. 73.

I am, &c.,

G. H. MURRAY.

Bruxelles, 18 Juillet, 1907. MONSIEUR LE MINISTRE,

LE Ministre du Roi à Berlin vient de me faire savoir d'après une Note du Département Impérial des Affaires Etrangères, que le Gouvernement allemand le adhère à la proposition de convoquer la commission permanente des sucres pour 25 Juillet courant et qu'il donnera pour instructions à ses Délégués de prendre part à la réunion. Le Gouvernement Impérial consent aussi à ce que dans cette réunion on examine la proposition présentée par le Gouvernement de la Grande

SIR,

COLONIAL OFFICE to FOREIGN OFFICE.

Downing Street, July 24, 1907. I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22nd instant, and to request you to inform Secretary Sir E. Grey that he

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