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Any further communication

on the subject, please quate

No.

88854/60.

l address-

The Controller,

Foreign Trade Department.

Telephone: Gerrard 8640.

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REC REG

FOREIGN TRADE DEPARTMENT,

LANCASTER HOUSE,

ST. JAMES,

S.W.

29th April 1916.

Sir,

Reference No. 18722/1916.

In reply to your letter of the 25th instant

I am directed by Becretary Sir E. Grey to say,for

the information of Mr. Secretary Bonor Law, that there

would appear to be no objection to the importation

of unset diamonds into Hong Kong from the United

Kingdom provided that the packets bear the seals

of the Diamond Export Committee stamped with the names

of L. Breitmeyer and Company, V. Litkie and Company,

and A. Mosebury,

I am,

Sir,

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

Whitehall,

Your most obedient,

bumble Servant.

Walter Townley

The CONTROLLER,

for the

Dom

S.W.