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At a meetin of the Gold Lxport Committee of the Federal lieserve Board held in the office of the Board on 7;ednesday, March 27, 1918, at 10:40, Y., PRESENT: Mr. Harding, presiding, Mr. Miler, Mr. Hamlin, Mr. Willis, 2ecretary Present also: Mr. J. P. Cotton. Applications for permission to export coin, currency and bullion, with papers in connection therewith, were presented and acted upon as follor;s: A letter from Geo. A. Lansberg, re gold exports. Read. A letter dated March 16, by hafael del Castillo ,P Co., New York, requesting reconsideration of their application to export k 5,000 ,-old to same, Cartegena, J:lombiL, declined, March 15th. Noted. A letter from Nogales National Bank, requesting extension of timo within which shipments may be made under license meeting of March 26th. ro. 1273. Tabled at Granted. A letter from Last Coast Oil Co., Houston, Texas, requesting time extension under their license to export JJ60,000 in aggregate, silver and paper except gold certificates, so that shipments may be made during April, nay and Juno. (41073) Granted. A telegr.:m E. 2. Serrano, requesting reconsideration of his application No. 1417, to export to 2.:exico ;2,).,000 gold for cattle. 23. Declined Larch (Application filed by Consolidated National Bank, Tucse,). Granted. A telegram from United'..;ugar Companies, requestin reconsideration of their application No. 1400, (their letter March 8). Granted for silver or currency to :60,000. Mr. J. 2. Cotton appeared before the Board and made a statement as to th cattle situation in the Southwest of the United Jtates, advising that t_te importation be continued. It was directed to wire Dallas sayirv tnat we may be interfering with existin contracts and it is desired that Dallas use its own judgment in making recommendation. 1467. Mrs. I. Lay Throop, Los Angeles, Cal., to Lrs. 1,1ary Hassell, Chrispeen, Saba, DWI, ;6.75. Granted. 1466. Spanish Naval Commission, New York, to Lieut. Col. of Naval Artillery, Joaquin Bustament, Spain, ,10,000 gold. 1469. Tabled. National Lmoorting & Trading Company, New York, to Gomez & Miller, Port of Spain, Trinidad, ;35,000 gold. Declined. A telegram from Ambassador Fletcher disapproving the plan of dealing with gold exports to Mexico suggested in recent communications was read and noted. At 11:10 A. M., the Committee adjourned. APPEOVED:
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