(This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.)
SUGAR BOUNTIES,
CONFIDENTIAL.
No. 1.
Treasury to Foreign Office,*~(Received April 14.)
346
[April 14.]
SECTION 1.
Sir,
Treasury Chambers, April 13, 1904.
THE Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have had before them the papers sent with your note of the 17th ultimo respecting the duties on sugar in Canada, and I am to transmit herewith, to be laid before the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, copy of a Report by the Board of Customs on the subject.
The outcome of the figures furnished by the Dominion Government appears to my Lords to be that the surtax assessed by the Brussels Commission was too low, both as regards raw and refined sugar, rather than too high; and if the Marquess of Lansdowne agrees to this view, perhaps he may think it well to communicate further with the Governor-General before giving instructions that the matter should be laid before the Commission.
I am, &c.
(Signed) E. W. HAMILTON.
Inclosure in No. 1.
Report by the Board of Customs.
THE Board of Customs direct me to state that the discrepancy between the two calculations seems to be largely due to the fact that the Canadian authorities, in estimating the countervailing duty leviable on exports of Canadian refined sugar, have deducted from the refined sugar rate the raw sugar rate instead of the sum of 6 fr. fixed by the Convention. It also may possibly be due to some extent to a slightly different value in francs and centimes having been assigned to the Canadian dollar, though the papers do not enable this point to be determined. It would seem that this is a question which the British Delegate should ask the Permanent Bureau to calculate afresh, and the Commission to again discuss when it meets in October next. Meanwhile, the matter has no practical importance, as Canada does not export sugar to any of the Convention countries except the United Kingdom.
(Signed) R. HENDERSON,
Custom-house, London, April 6, 1904.
No. 2.
Sir,
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.--(Received April 14.)
Downing Street, April 13, 1904.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to transmit to you, to be laid before the Marquess of Lansdowne, the accompanying copies of a despatch from the Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong and of a telegram which has been addressed to him in reply, together with a copy of the despatch of the 24th March referred to in that telegram.
2. I am to suggest that the attention of the French Government should be drawn to the question regarding Hong Kong which was asked by M. Delatour at the sitting of the Brussels Sugar Commission held on the 12th March, and to Sir Henry Bergne's reply at the sitting of the 14th March, and that they should be requested to send telegraphic instructions to the French Colonial authorities in Indo-China to admit Hong Kong sugar at the lowest rate of Tariff in accordance with the provisions of Article V of the Brussels Convention.
I am, &c. (Signed) C. P. LUCAS.
* Copy to Colonial Office, April 18, 1904.
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(This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
SUGAR BOUNTIES,
CONFIDENTIAL.
No. 1.
Treasury to Foreign Office,*~(Received April 14.)
346
[April 14.]
SECTION 1.
Sir,
Treasury Chambers, April 13, 1904. THE Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have had before them the in Canada, papers sent with your note of the 17th ultimo respecting the duties on sugar and I am to transmit herewith, to be laid before the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, copy of a Report by the Board of Customs on the subject.
The outcome of the figures furnished by the Dominion Government appears to my Lords to be that the surtax assessed by the Brussels Commission was too low, both as regards raw and refined sugar, rather than too high; and if the Marquess of Lausdowne agrees to this view, perhaps he may think it well to communicate further with the Governor-General before giving instructions that the matter should be laid before the Commission,
I am, &c.
(Signed)
Inclosure in No. 1.
Report by the Board of Customs.
E. W. HAMILTON.
THE Board of Customs direct me to state that the discrepancy between the two calculations seems to be largely due to the fact that the Canadian authorities, in estimating the countervailing duty leviable on exports of Canadian refined sugar, have deducted from the refined sugar rate the raw sugar rate instead of the sum of 6 fr. fixed by the Convention. It also may possibly be due to some extent to a slightly different value in francs and centimes having been assigned to the Canadian dollar though the papers do not enable this point to be determined. It would seem that this is a question which the British Delegate should ask the Permanent Bureau to calculate afresh, and the Commission to again discuss when it meets in October next. Meanwhile the matter has no practical importance, as Canada does not export sugar to any of the Convention countries except the United Kingdom.
(Signed) R. HENDERSON,
Custom-house, London, April 6, 1904,
No. 2,
Sir,
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.--(Received April 14.)
Downing Street, April 13, 1904.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to transmit to you, to be laid before the Marquess of Lansdowne, the accompanying copies of a despatch from the Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong and of a telegram which has been addressed to him in reply, together with a copy of the despatch of the 24th March referred to in that telegram.
2. I am to suggest that the attention of the French Government should be drawn to the question regarding Hong Kong which was asked by M. Delatour at the sitting of the Brussels Sugar Commission held on the 12th March, and to Sir Henry Bergne's reply at the sitting of the 14th March, and that they should be requested to send telegraphic instructions to the French Colonial authorities in Indo-China to admit Hong Kong sugar at the lowest rate of Tariff in accordance with the provisions of Article V of the Brussels Convention.
I am, &c. (Signed) C. P. LUCAS.
* Copy to Colonial Office, April 18, 1904.
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