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At a meeting of the Gold Export Committee
of the Federal 'Reserve Board held in the office of
the Board on Saturday, March 23, 1918, at 10:U1 A.
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PRESEM:
119

Harding, oresiding,

hr.
Secretary.

Mr.

Lir. Hamlin,

Applications for permission to export coin,
currency and bullion, with papers in connection therewith, were presented and acted upon as follows:
A letter from Mexico & Arizona Trading Co.,
re License No. 1148.

Read.

A letter from Federal Reserve Bank of Frisco
inclosing correspondence concerning application No.
1337, San Diego & Arizona Railroad Co., tc export to
Mexico during Larch ;$3,u00 gold.
1430.

Tabled.

A letter First Natitnal Bank, Lagie

Pass, Texas, concerning license ro. 1223, Continental
Rubber Co.,

2,000 gold Mexico, and making inquiries

as to future grants.

Issue license for 3000 if O. K.'

by Dallas.
A letter from First ::atiom..1 f-ank, Del Rio,
Texas, enclosing customs Officers

receipt for $500

gold authorized to be shipped to Mexico underlicense No. 1376.

Noted.

A letter from Richard J.

Biggs & Company,

concernii g License io. 1261, authDrizinj exportation of Canadian sold coin to Venezuela in the
amount of

3,6Ju to

5,000.

Refer to Mr. Strauss;

act as he recommends.
1431.

Director of tne Lint, to :int Laster,

Calcutta, $1,507,424.53, silver bullion from San Francisco.

Approved.
1432.

Cuyame1 Fruit Co., Lew Orleans, to

same, Cuyamel, Honduras, 4)5,000 paper currency except gold certificates.
1433.

Approved.

First National Bank, _bugle Pass,

Texas, to same, Mexico, $75,000 paper currency except gold certificates.

(On same conditions as

1051 granted for February).

File 1051 attached.)

Approved.
1434.

Federal Reserve Bank of Dalias, to

First State Bank & Trust Co., of 1.aredo, Texas, for
D. Echavarria

New Laredo, for payment duties,

50,000 gold coin March and April.




1435.

Declined.

Greene Cananea Copper Co., fran raao,




Arizona, to Cananea Consolidated Copper Co., Canapea,
Mexico, during April, .,2u0,030 silver coin ard paper
currency except gold certificates.

Approved.

Handy & Harman, Ne. York, to Melee/10

1466.

Seccessor, Bergen, Norway, not to exceed 4314,000 silvelbullion.

Tabled.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia &

1437.

China, New York, through San irancisco to same,
Shanghai, during April, 1918, 102,000 ounces silver
valued 4;94,000.
1136.

Approved.

Canadian Express Co., to Canada, dur-

ing April, paper currency except gold certificates,
and silver coin, in same amounts a-id under same coLditions as previously granted.

•2U,U00.

(1198).

Approved.
1439.

Irving National Bank, New York, to

correspondents in United Kingdom of Great Britain
& Ireland, France, Spain, Italy,Souta and Central
America, and the West Indies, $100„W0 in aggregate,
miscellaneous foreign bank notes.

Approved, if Ur.

Kent approves.
At 10:15, A. M., the Committee adjourned.
APPECVED: