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It a meeting of the Gold Export Committee of the Federal Resere Board held in the office of the Governor, on Friday, Larch 8, 1918, at 10:30 AlII PRESENT: Mr. Harding, presiding, Mr. Miller, Ur. Hamlin, Mr. Willis, Secretary. Present also; Mr. Strauss and Mr. Kent. Applications for permission to export coin, currency and bullion, with papers relative thereto, were presented and acted upon as follows: Correspondence with Senator Owen relative to licenses granted for e;:portation of coin, currency Read. and bullion. Memorandum re exportation of gold to Mexico by Mr. Strauss. Read. A telegram from D. J. Haff in answer to Secretary's letter of March 4th re requirements of Lucky Tiger Combination Gold Mining Co., Moctezuma Copper Co., and Nacozari Railroad Co. 1221. Read. Application Nacozari R. R. Co., for 100,000 gold for March was then granted subject to a subsequent accounting. _ 1299. West Side National Bank, Chicago, to George Rabbinovitch, Montreal, Canada,2,625 Russian currency. Granted. 1300., iirst National Bank of Boston, to National Bank of Cuba, $50,000 paper currency except gold certificates. (Telephone request from Boston Federal Reserve Bank to increase amount desired to be ex?orted by First National Bank of Boston, to $150,000). Granted. 1301. Riggs National Bank to National Bank of Cuba, Havana, $200,000 aarrency. Approved. The application of Musher & Company for the exportation of gold was laid on the table pending further developments, until Monday, March 11th. At 11 A. M., the Committee adjourned. APPROVED: Secretary