Full text of Minutes of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System : Meeting Minutes, April 22, 1918, 10:50 AM, Volume 5, Part 2

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At a meetin:: of the Gold Export Committee
of the Federal Reserve Board held in the office of
the Board on Monday, April 22, 1918, at 10;50 A.
Ll•,

Mr. Harding, presiding,

Mr. Nillis, Secretary

Mr. Miller,
Present also:

1.1r. Strauss.

Applications for permission to export coin,
currency and bullion, with papers relating thereto,
were presented and acted upon as follows;
A letter from Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
re application of A. G. Fierros to export gold to
Toted.

Mexico, 3--1519.

A letter by Department of State transmitting
copies of a telegram received from Ambassador
Fletcher, Mexico.

roted.

Referred to Mr. Strauss;

secretary to acknowledge.
A letter from Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas,
re export of gold to Mexico.
1666.

Read and noted.

First rational Bank, Del Rio, Texas, to

Mexican Customs officer, New Laredo, Mexico, „e5,000
gold for acoount of Cia Fundidora de Fierro y Acero







de Monterrey, S.

(Thos. O'Conor, agent), with

Tabled untill 2:30.

letter re.

Gulf 1:Ixport & Transportation Co.,

1667.

Beaumont, Texas, to The Tampico Banking Co., Tampico,
1,000 silver and nickel coin.

Approved.

Robert F. Llexander, Laredo, to same,

1666.

Nev Laredo, Mexico, r„;;13,000 gold and 310,000 paper
curreiicy except gold certificates.

Granted.

Mexico Northwestern By. Co., El Paso,

1669.

to same, Juarez, Mexico, 38,000 gold and $2,500
paper currency except gold certificates.
1670.

Granted.

Echavarria, Laredo, to Mexico,

325,000 paper and silver.

Granted.

John Finnigan Company, Brownsville,

1671.

Texas,to G. B. Murphy, Latamoras, Mexico,1,000
gold coin.

Declined.

1672.

U. S. Treasury, Philadelphia, to

Llint Master, Bombay, 31,975,622.74 silver bullion.
(Likely a duplicate of 11655).

Granted - no new

license needed.
1673.

Hannevig & Co., Kew York to Den

Norske Handelsbank, Christiana, Norway, 31_5,000 to
;25,000 United 3tates bank notes.

Declined.

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1674.

Royal Bank of Canada, Nov York, to

same, I:ontreal, Canada, .„4,145 sold coin.
1675.

Granted.

Chase National Bank, Nev York to.

Royal Bank of Caradu, :an 2edro de 2.1acoris R. D.,
50,000 paper currency.
1676.

Granted.

Handy &, Harman, r.ew York to Banc of

British North Lmerica, Ottawa, Canada, ';'44,865
coin.

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Declined,
At 11:05 the Committee adjourned.

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