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E ASSISTANT SECRETARY,

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dreas given opposite.

following letter and number shopkl

R.T. 5384.

Telegraphic Address:

COLASTA, LONDON.

Helophone No.: 3840 Victoria.

Sir,

BOARD OF TRADE

108

(COMMERCIAL RELATIONS AND TREATIES

2COPT

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DEPARTMENT),

GWYDYR HOUSE,

WHITEHALL,

LONDON, S.W.1.

C 9th June, 1919. 35360

REGE 14 JUN 191

Gee with reference to your letter of June 10throm the Officer

Administering the Government of Hong Kong regarding the consignment of goods "to order", I am directed by the Board of Trade to state, for Viscount Milner's infomation, that in respect of goods shipped from the United Kingdom either without export licence or against a licence which does not specify the name of the consignee no objection is now offered to the Bills of Lading and Shipping Manifests being made out "to order", and I am to add that the licences now issued by the Export Licence Department are in general made out to a particular consignee only in the case of prohibited goods destined for Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, N. Russie, Holland or Switzerland.

In the latter case, however, shippers exporting goods from the United Kingdom are forbidden to make out their Bills of Lading "to order" being required by the Customs (War Powers) Act to draw these to the consignee named in the export licences. The Board are not aware of any similar obligation upon shippers from other parts of the British Empire, but they are disposed to suggest, if Lord Milner sees no objection, that it is desirable that a practice similar to that which obtains in the case or goods exported from the United Kingdom should be adopted in the case of exports from Hong Kong or any other part of the British Empire.

I have the honour to be,

er Secretary of State, ONIAL OFFICE.

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Percy Ashley

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