CO129-394 - Governor Sir May & Public Offices - 1912 [12] — Page 543

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necessary for the Colonial Office

to take any steps at present beyond Ciculars have been sent to

circularising the colonies etc. as to asking

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adhering to the Convention, and

requesting

esxing them to furnish regularly the

statistical information required by

Article 21 (A).

This has now been done

I do not think we need

(or should) ask the Board of Trade

whether they propose to take any action.

If the Convention is ratified it will

be for the Board of Trade to introduce

any legislation which may be necessary:

and I think that if any reminder were

necessary, the Foreign Office would be

the proper people to remind the Board.

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