CO129-371 - Public Offices - 1910 — Page 281

LONDON,

7th January, 1910.

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Sir:

We respectfully invite your consideration of the

following facts.

We are largely interested in the industry of

canned salmon in British Columbia, shipping large quan-

tities of this article from the port of Vancouver.

One of our best customers is France where the article

in virtue of the Commercial Treaty between the Canadian

Dominion and France enjoys the benefit of minimum

tariff when imported direct. As there is no direct

line of steaners between Vancouver and Havre or other

French port the French Customs allow transhipment en

route, provided it is made by a vessel of the same

company sailing under the same flag sailing on a con-

necting route, and provided also that the tranship-

ment takes place in a country which also enjoys the

benefit of the minimum tariff.

We have made arrangements for our goods to be

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he Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

shipped

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