CO129-370 - Governor Sir Lugard & Public Offices - 1910 [12] — Page 105

The Gunal Tariff for artich 29,0 Customs tariff 1190)

0 in

is 12th cent, and

the

that

the Puprential tariff is 8 cents. union the neent agreement with US cement of Kund will come in from the States at the

and H Kons

rati

1

11 cents, and

to

will Ws5512*** get the bonfit of the Uduction from 12 1⁄2 to 11. that is if the nos arrangements fo through. The reason why Caunde will not fier enfrence is provals that supported

? Fund & Caunde fr

by

m Stubb-

Corson without premark

Li Jucas

Colonel Seely

to proceed.

C.P.2.15

$2 14/2

Анг 14/2

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Mr Harcourt

You may

like to see. We can

Send to Canada as proposed.

원

M. J. Robr Remusi

but

f

24

M.

yer

we may

course

av

send ou,

Canada won't give Preference JR2/5.

entrepot port the Hong Kong-

$4.16.2.11

NO.

420.

sir,

1712

GEOR TEGE18 JAN |

101

Government House

15th. December, 1910.

I have the honour to forward the

enclosed correspondence which has passed between this

Government and the Canadian Government together with a

letter dated the 8th. instant from the Green Island Cement

Company and to request your assistance in obtaining for

this Colony the preferential duties accorded by the Domini-

-on to other British Colonies.

2.

I take this opportunity of en-

-quiring why a difference has been made in the treatment

accorded to Hongkong and to the Straits Settlements.

I have the honour to be,

sir,

Your most obedient,

humble servant,

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,

80...

&C. 1

800.

Governor, &C..