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N: 16 Consular

Rece

C. O.

4009 F

Foreign Office

April

24.1903

398

"In reply to Your Excellency's

despatch : N. 8 Cons of the 2nd

I have to inform you inst.,

that Consuls cannot be

authorized to charge Commission

expenses incurred in connection with extradition cases.

Such expenses fall upon

the Crown and it is very

undesirable that they should be increased.

In future Mr Consul Laidlaw should pay such expenses out of the balance of Consular fees in his hands, and, if the amount available at the moment be not sufficient, he should

draw on

the Chief

Clerk of

this Office for the difference.

I am,

Your Excellency's obedient Servant,

(signed)

F H Villiers.

Right Hon.

Mr Herbert

Kemey

(for the Marquess of Lansdowne)

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N: 16 Consular Rece C. O. 4009 F Foreign Office April 24.1903 398 "In reply to Your Excellency's despatch : N. 8 Cons of the 2nd I have to inform you inst., that Consuls cannot be authorized to charge Commission expenses incurred in connection with extradition cases. Such expenses fall upon the Crown and it is very undesirable that they should be increased. In future Mr Consul Laidlaw should pay such expenses out of the balance of Consular fees in his hands, and, if the amount available at the moment be not sufficient, he should draw on the Chief Clerk of this Office for the difference. I am, Your Excellency's obedient Servant, (signed) F H Villiers. Right Hon. Mr Herbert Kemey (for the Marquess of Lansdowne)
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دالله ! N: 16 Consular Rece C. O. 4009 F Freign Office April 398 24.1903 "In reply to Your Excellency's dess : N. 8 Cons of the 2nd I have to inform you inst., that Consuls cannot be authorized to charge Commission expenses incurred in connection with extradition cases. Me Such expenses fall usson undesirable that they should be increased. aber vectors and it is very In future Mo Consul Laidlaw should pay such expenses out of the balance of Consular fees in his hands, and, if the amount available at the moment be not sufficient, he should the chief Clerk of draw this Office for the difference. Iambe Saullener Right Hon. Mnr Herbert Kemy (for the Marques of Lansdowne) (signed) FH Villiers. i
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N: 16 Consular

Rece

C. O.

4009 F

Freign Office

April

398

24.1903

"In reply to Your Excellency's

dess : N. 8 Cons of the 2nd

I have to inform you inst.,

that Consuls cannot be

authorized to charge Commission

expenses incurred in connection with extradition cases.

Me

Such expenses fall usson

undesirable that they should be increased.

aber vectors and it is very

In future Mo Consul Laidlaw should pay such expenses out of the balance of Consular fees in his hands, and, if the amount available at the moment be not sufficient, he should

the chief

Clerk of

draw

this Office for the difference.

Iambe

Saullener Right Hon.

Mnr Herbert

Kemy

(for the Marques of Lansdowne)

(signed)

FH Villiers.

i

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