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Any further communication should be nddressed to-

THE SECRETARY,

at the address given opposite.

The following letters and number must

be quoted :-

W.T.D.

4343/16.

о

tri 18657

WAR TRADE DEPARTMENT

RENTS APR 16

4, CENTRAL BUILDINGS.

WESTMINSTER, S.W.

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Letters will be dealt with more expodi- thously if they relate to one application only.

PRESSING.

Sir,

18th April, 1916.

With reference to your letter of the 11th instant, No. 15877/16, and previous correspondence

with regard to the proposed shipment of 100 tons

of Hong Kong Tallow, I am instructed by the Director

of the War Trade Department to state for the

information of Mr. Secretary Bonar Law that this

Department is of opinion that in view of the fact

that this Tallow is a produce of the British Empire

permission to export should not be granted.

I am,

six,

Your obedient Servant,

Arshing

for the Secretary

The Under Secretary of State,

etc.

etc.,

etc.

Colonial Office.

JH/OS.