CO129-555-17 Smuggling of counterfeit coins made in China 5-12-1935 - 19-2-1936 — Page 21

Mr.

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Mr.

Mr.

Sir C. Parkinson.

1

Sir G. Tomlinson

Sir C. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

DRAFT.

does not appear in the revised United

will not appear,

Kingdom law ar/in Colonial law

generally in so far as the United

Kingdom law is followed.

We should like, therefore,

before putting the matter to the

Hong Kong Government, to know, if

possible, why no stens were taken to

eserve in the new United Kingdom law

uk the penalties for simple possession 7

unterfeit foreign currency,

which existed in the Act of 1861 wre not-retained in the

Act of 1935, 3

the

FURTHER ACTION.

tension of which, e8

o regarde Hong

Kong, is appeñently desired by the

Netherlands authorities.”

Perhaps I'm world Kindly sulijhten me on the point. couro-sincerely,