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At a meeting of the Gold Export Committee
of the Federal Reserve Board held in the °Mc
th

Governor on Friday, :larch 1, 1918

of

at 2:45 p. m.

PEESENT:
Ur. Harding, presiding,

Mr. Delano,

Mr. Hamlin,

Mr. Willis, Secretary.

Applicationsfor permission to export coin,
currency and bullion, with papers in connection there'th, were presented and acted upon as follows
A letter from Federal Reserve Bank of New York
inclosing reports from Kountze Brothers re shipments
of gold made by them to Mexico.

Noted.

Letters from Mercantile Bank of the Americas
and The National City Bank of New York, concerning
shipments of gold from Montreal to Caracas, both in
reference to Governor's letter of February 21.

Noted.

A letter from First National Bank of Eagle
Pass, Texas, concerning their application (granted
Feb. 2) to export currency to amount of ç75,000 to
Mexico during February, requesting extension for unused balance during March, with telegrams sent re.
Approved.
1243. 0nion Commerce National Bank, Cleve-

land, Chic), to Bank of British North America, Hamilton,
Ont., Canada, $1,000 currency.
1244.

Approved.

The Panama Canal, Washington, to John

H. McLean, Paymaster Canal Zone, 350,000 gold and
1;25,000 silver.

Tabled -- referred to Governor

Harding.
1245.

Guaranty Trust Co., New York, to Banco

Nacional de Cuba, Havana, $200,000 currency.

Ap-

proved.
1246.

Handy & Harman, New York to Canadian

customers, durin6 March, 1918, up to 60,000 ounces
silver bullion, from Bridgeport, Conn.
1247.

Approved.

Handy & Harman, New York to Canadian

customers, during March, 1918, up to 50,000 ounces
silver bullion, from New York.
1248.

Approved.

Chase National Bank, New York to

Royal Bank of Canada, Moron, Camaguey, Cuba, $3,000
currency.

Approved.

1249.

United Metals Selling Co., New York,

to "Order" notify Mocatta & Goldsmid, London, England,
during March, 1918, aporoximately .475,000 silver
bullion.




Approved.

1250.

American Smelting

& Refining Co.,




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Vew York, to U catta & Goldsmid, London

England,

during next six weeks, 1,000,000 ounces silver,
valued 4900 WO.
1251.

Approved.

Gillespie Bros., & Co.,

to I. Haas, Pararnaribo, Surinam, D. G.
silver bullion.

ew York,
750 ounces

Approved.

At 2:50 P. U. the meeting adjourned.
APPROVED:

Secretary.

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