CO129-438 - Public Offices - 1916 — Page 277

Any reply to this letter should be addressed to-

THE SECRETARY,

TREASURY,

WHITEHALL, LONDON, S.W., and the following number quoted.

9720

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Sir,

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TREASURY CHAMBERS.

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C. O

18/ April 1916.

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REC REat 18

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Dr.

In reply to your letter of the 8th instant

Go 15419/1916)

I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury to request you to inform Mr. Secretary Bonar Law that, so far as Their Lordships are concerned, there is no objection to the proposal to allow the exportation from Hong Kong of gold leaf on a pre-war scale to White List firms in China and Siam and to unsuspected firms in Java.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

I 970,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

H.Shadhing

MM