CO129-438 - Public Offices - 1916 — Page 238

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Any further communication should be Adressed to:-

THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, (MARINE DEPARTMENT),

And the following letter and number hould be quoted-

M. 30321.

Telegraphio Address. BOARD TRADE, MARINE, LONDON.

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BOARD OF TRADE,

(MARINE DEPARTMENT),

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£4682

THEOR

HF 15 NUV 16.

7, WHITEHALL GARDENS,

LONDON, S.W.

14th November, 1916.

sir,

With reference to your letter of the 8th November

F.L No.52092/1916 and previous correspondence respecting the construction of Ships for foreign owners at Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements, I am directed by the Board of Trade to state, for the information of Mr Secretary Bonar Law, that they concur in the proposal to inform the Governors of those Colonies that the term "the period of the war" is to be interpreted as meaning until the final signature of the Treaty of Peace with Germany.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial office.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

XO.