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BRITISH CONSULATE GENERAL,

MANILA,

July 3rd, 1911.

Sir:-

With reference to my despatch No. 9 Commercial

of May 31st last and to Customs Administrative Cir-

cular No. 575 forwarded in Mr. Layard's despatch No.

23 Commercial of September 25th, 1909, I have the

honour to enclose a newspaper cutting dealing with

the "One bottom law". In view of the recent decision,

reported in the above despatch, of the High Court of

Customs Appeals in America that goods shipped from

the Philippines to America on a through Bill of Lad-

ing would be entitled to free entry even though they

had not actually been shipped in one bottom, a local

importer approached the Collector of Customs some few

days ago with a request that the same ruling might be

applied to goods shipped from the United States to

the Philippines. Colonel McCoy, Insular Collector,

Bir E. Gray,

Bert., M.P.

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however,