CO129-366 - Governor Sir Lugard Acting Governor May - 1910 [4-5] — Page 390

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Hongkong.

My Lord,

C.O

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Bros 10 JUN 10)

Government House,

Hongkong, 2nd. May, 1910.

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I have the honour to forward for

Your Lordship's consideration the enclosed copy of a letter

from the Secretary to the Hongkong General Chamber of

Commerce, dated the 18th. instant requesting that a Trade

Convention may be concluded between this Colony and France,

similar to that already existing between Great Britain and

that Country, with a view to securing that the minimum

tariff rates may be charged in France and its possessions

on goods shipped there from Hongkong.

2.

I have been lent by the Consul for

France in this Colony his copy of a publication printed by

the "Imprimerie Nationale" at Paris in 1908 entitled:-

République Française.

Ministère Des Finances.

Direction Générale Des Douanes.

Tarif Des Douanes De France.

Observations Préliminaires.

# RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF CRAVE,

&C...

&C.

and

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