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At a meeting of the Gold Export Committee
of the Federal Peserve Board held in the offfice
of the Board on Saturday, April 20, 1918, at 10:30,
A. M.,
PREariT:
Mr. Harding, presiding,
Mr. dillis, Secretary.
Mr. Miller,
Present also:
Mr. Strauss.
Applications for permission to export coin,
bullion and currency, with papers relative thereto,
were presented and acted upon as follows:
A letter by Federal Reserve Bank of Boston,
transmittin:3 proof by United States Smelting & Refining Co., re use of gold exported in Larch.
Noted.
A letter by Department of Coerce re production and domestic consumption of dental gold.
Noted.
(Letter to Mr. Strauss).
A copy of a cablegra,n received by Chairman
of.the Censorship Board from Chairman McAdam, of
the Postal Censorship Committee, Honolulu, re the
a.forcement of the President's Proclamation of
January 26,
Referred to !Zr. Lent.
The application of Mexico Northwestern Ry.,
Co., to export to Lexico15,000 gold (4165U) tabled
at meeting of the 19th, and referred to Lr. Strauss.
Declined but transit permit from Country if desired.
Letters Lmeric-q L47xpress Company re shipments of roubles to London declined !,t16b.5
and U:1655-a (28,000).
April 19th.
(::4;j9,000)
Referred to Li'. Strauss.
Granted.
L. letter to the Secretary of the Treasury
from F. Polk, re an allowance of 1-1/2 million rupees
for the Navy.
Noted.
Discussion of mode of getting in silver certificates and using them to release dollars at subtreasuries.
1655.
Director of the :lint, (U.S.) to Mint
Master, Bombay, approximately „;2,U00,000 silver bullion Al.pril 20.
1656.
Granted.
Jonah :ihitjob, ..›an Francisco, to J.
Ulsky, Kobe, Japan, 1{),000 Russian roubles (Currency),
granted.
1657.
Zimmermann (5: iorshay, New York, to
Rahamat, San Fernando, Trinidad, 1,000 llexican
silver dollars (i;800).
1658.
,Granted.
Farmers Loan, & Trust Co., Nov York,
to Compania Comercial de Puebla, Vera Cruz, Mexico,
500 gold coin.
1659.
Granted.
Juan M. Garcia, Laredo, Texas, to
Mexican Collector of Customs, Yew Laredo, Mexico,
,
41)
,600 ;old coin.
1660.
Granted.
American Uational Bank, Beaumont,
Texas, for Gulf Export & Transportation Company, of
Beaumont, to
A. Bowie, Tanpico, 41,000 currency
except gold certificates, and subsidiary coin.
Granted.
1661.
J. Levy & Brothers, El Paso, Texas,
41.
to same, Juarez, Mexico, .',i;3,500 gold coin.
De-
clined.
1662.
L. N. Bernal y Cia
Nogales, Arizona,
to 1.1 rcantile Sc. Agricultural Banking Co.,of Sonora,
Hermosillo, Mexico, :p'5,000 paper currency except
gold certificates.
1663.
Granted.
State National Bank, El Paso, Texas,
to L'ercantile Banking Co., Cananea, Mexico, ;50,000
paper currency except gold certificates, and :40,000
silver coin.
1664.
Granted.
tate National Bank, El Paso, Texas,
to Mercantile Banking Co., Cananea,, Mexico, ;;;20,000
gold coin.
Granted.
1665.
H. Percy Ueaker, Nogales, to 1:4oxico,
425,000 silver.
Approved.
At 10;50 A. M., the Committee adjourned.
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