CO129-451 - Public Offices - 1918 — Page 623

Registry No. POP 48 5/X/11.50.

(25315) Wt 23112/49 20000 3/18 H & J, 1.d (30488) Wi 18038/124 10030 8/18

Draft.

The Secretary

The London Chanter Di

Commerde,

1, Oxford Court,

Cannon Street

E.G.4.

0151-

น

F.O..

357

REC

(Rst

December

JAN 19

191 6.

619

With reference to your letter B/13,

of November 23rd regarding a protest from the

Hongkong Chamber of Cormeree against the con-

trol of Chinese tin in that Colony, I am

directed by Mr. Secretary Balfour to infom

you that the matter has received the careful

consideration of the Departments of His Majes-,

ty's Government concerned.

2.

Mr. Balfour considers that the rigid

import restrictions in force in the principal.

consuming countries and the control exercised

by the Inter-Allied Tin Executive have been

effective in preventing any avoidable ill con-

sequences to the transit trude in Hongkong.

3. Mr Balfour is not aware of the date of

the telegram fra Hongkong but I am to say that

since the signing of the amistion every ene

deavour is being made to relax all restrictions

in dealing in tin ores in Hongkong which were

not in forge at the beginning of the war.