CO129-439 - Others - 1916 — Page 632

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4, CENTRAL BUILDINGS,

WESTMINSTER, S.W.

17th November, 1916.

sir,

I am instructed by the Director of the War Trade

Department to reply to your letters of the 3rd and 10th

You oug instant, Nos. 52284 and 55687, enclosing copies of telegrams from the Governor of Hong Kong enquiring whether oertuin exportations of Oils may be permitted.

Lord Emmott sees no objection to the export of the

Peanut and other Oils, excepting only the Singapore

Coconut 011. As regards this oil, he observes that the

quantities proposed to be exported from Hong Kong appear

to exceed the stocks of oil in the straite Settlements:

but be that as it may, he desires me to state, for the

information of Mr. Secretary Boner Law, that in view of

the present Glycerine requirements, which are

necessitating the splitting of large quantities of Palo

Kernel Oil, it is possible that the United Kingdom may

require to i port for Margarine and other purposes all

the Coconut oil that can be obtined. In these

circumstances, Lord Emmott suggests that permission

should not be given in respect of the singapore oil.

In this connection I am directed to refer to your

communication of the 23rd ultimo, Fo. 49561, and to

suggest that all possible steps sould be taken to

restrict as far as practicable the shipment of Coconut

oil from the Straits Settlements to Hong Kong. It 18

not