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At a meeting of the Executive Cormittee of the Federal Reserve Boerd held in the Board Room, on Wed- nesday, November 14, 1917, at 12:00 noon: PRESENT: Mr. Harding, presiding Mr. Delano, Mr. Warburg, rr. Willis, Secretary. Present also: Mr. Strauss, Applications !or permission to export coin, hul;ion and cu,*rency and papers in connection therewith were presented and acted upon ns follows: A wire from the American Consul General at Christiania was read and noted. A letter from Messrs. La Blanc and Oeterheld of New York offering cooperation as to gold and silver shipments, was read and ordered acknowledged. A letter from Counsel, with enclosures, relative to administrative procedure under Trading With the Enemy Act - noted and ordered circulated. A report from the Spanish agent of the Mercantile Bank of the Americas, re peseta values, was read and noted. 571. Handy & Harman, to Mocatta & Goldsmid, London, $52,000 silver bullion. Granted. 572. Handy & Harmnn, New York to lickett & Smith Co., Toronto, Canada. 4400 bur or ribbon gold. Granted. 573. J. S. Smith, New York, to Eduardo Sosa y Ca, Sucre, S en C., Progresso, 420,000 gold coin. Granted as to duties, refused as to payrolls. 574. Chase National Bank, New York, to Royal Bank of'Canada, San Pedro de Macoris, R. D., United States paper currency. 575. 32,O00 Granted. Chase National Prink, New York to Royal Bank of Canada, Santiago Cuba, by registered mail, t2,000 paper currency. 576. Granted. Chase Naticnal Bank, New York to Royal Bank of Canada, Caibaren, Cuba, 25,000 paper currency. Granted. 577. Chemical National Bank, New York, to Pombo Hermanos, Cartegena, Colombia, S. A., $100,000 gold coin. Declined. 578. Javasche Bank through Wells *Fargo Nevada N. B., San Francisco to Javasche Bank, Batavia, Java, $248,600 gold coin. Granted. 579, United Fruit Co., New Orleans, to Swan Island Commercial Co., Swan Island, about $1200 currency. Granted. 580. First National Bank of Nogales, $6500 gold to Palmarito Leasing Co., Mexico. o, Granted. (VC‘cit 581. Mexico — Arizona Trading Co., t20,000 gold and silver coin to Mexico. 582. Declined. R. H. Gonzalez $6 000 gold to biexico. The Socretmry was instricted to investigate the need for tte rubber, the matter to oe tabled meanvhile. The question of the gold claimed as earmarked by the American Exchange National Bank for the Cnn diar Pnnk of Commerce and the release of the same, was discussed, and the Governor authorized to permit the exportation of the money, without counting such ewn as part of the $251000,000 rihose shipment hnd been ).1ready arranged on behalf of the Canadian trinkers jointly. At 12:35 P. M. the Committee adjourned. APPROVED: Chairman.
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