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was ultimately llowed to take over the local gency
rit the sanction of the Governor.
Subsequent to that sanction being
thought that wa
iven, the Governor/had reasons to suspect
that Mr.Cheetham was in reality acting in the
matter on behalf of Hakon Schluter, who
Hong Kong
bire
had been excluded from a Balony.
cromi thethabod ~ttempting to evade
the censorship by carrying letters out of
the Colony and was stated still to be
in the employment of Reuter Brockelmann
and Company at Canton. An enquiry wAS
instituted into the matter, and the
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Covernor subsequently reported that he was
willing to allow Ir.Cheetham to carry on the
agency provided Mr.Ponar Low was satisfied that
all the interests of Reuter Brockelmann d Company
i the agency had been absolutely determined,
provide
Πα that either Schluter nor Router Brockelman
Hoy
sere ppointed sub-rgents at Hong Kong, and that
if and when the sub-gets were appointed,
the
appointment should be given to British firm.
On receipt of this report, r.Bonar Law
gave the matter his most careful consideration
CRE
and obtained from the Company statutory
declaration by the two directors
JOOPY
of
which is enclosed herewit
herewith. He was also
informed by the Company that they had signed
an agreement with Messrs L.Reiss and Company
of Hong Kong and Canton, of which the
State the principal clauses were ́s follows:-
"The Company, having a short time ago
agrointed one Humphrey Cheetham, at present
in Hong Kong, to be its SOLE SUB-AGENT for
certain territories for the sale of the
Petroleum Products manufactured by the Texas
Company of New York and Port Arthur (Texas)
in the United States of America and being
desirous of attaching Advisers to him,hereby
agrees to pay the said Reiss and Company a
commission of 1 (one) per centum on the New
York free on board value of all such
Petroleum Products, shipped to the said
Humphrey Cheatham by the Texas Company under its
On
Agreement
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