CO129-449 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1918 [7-9] — Page 330

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is compelled to wait for a varying period while his offer to the Ministry is considered and refused, the refusal being all the while a foregone conclusion. By the time the answer is received and the merchant is free to ship to United States of America exchange may have risen a halfpenny or

more.

6.

I take this opportunity of forward- ing a note of the exports of wolframite through the Colony during the first seven months of this year.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble servant,

Governor, &c..

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