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At a meeting of the Executive Jommittec-of the Federal deserve Board held in the office of the Board on "/hursday, December 27, 1917, at 10.30 a.r..
PaLSLIW:
1.1r. darburg, presiding,

1r. Hamlin,

Delano,.

Mr. dillis, Secretary.

Present also, r.r. Strauss and Lir. Kent.
Applications for permission to export coin, oarrency

ballion to3ether with papers in connection there-

with, were presented and acted upon as follows:
A letter from the Federal
re applications in
and silver.

eases

eserve Bank of Tew York

involving industrial ase of

roted.

A telegram from the Federal Aeserve Bank of Dallas,
re application of the :o(3ales lational Bank, to export :;old
to Lexie° (Y666).

?fronted.

telegram frdm A. . iierros, concerning his application to export gold to Lexica (4637).

lranted ,;25,Ju0

to the end of January, 1916.
letter from the Pompeian Oil Jo. re their application to export N4,250,000 gold to Spain on July 1,1916.
Aecommended that 3oard decline hearing, but ask company
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letter referred by Customs Division, written by
jollector of Aistoms at rogaleF, re amount of gold whi h -may
be taken out of country by travelers..

lead and referred to

L:r. Strauss for proper action and reply.
letter from

evi jooke, referring to recent corres-

pondence concerning rupee exchange.

dead and referred to

rent,
The Committee entered into a conference aith r,mbassador H. P. ?letcher, of

Director of the Lint day Baker,

e to
and La... :IcGarthy, of :r. ?letcherTh staff, with referenc
the currency situation in Lexie°.
872.

,;ildberg Bros., San '?rancisco, to ?red

mold,

Vancouver, B. J., about 20 ounces silver bullion, value abolt
.16.

'ranted.
873.

- ailwa , o., for renesal of
Canadian Pacific d

former g-Pllioation granted for exportation of ar7regate of
,A00,000 in currency and silver to 'Ainada.

ranted for Jan-

uary.
. 874.

'estern

xpress Jo., for renewal of former li-

to
cense to export aggregate of :- '10,000 currency and silver
Cannda.

3ranted.
675.

meda Sugar




?Irst rational Bank, rogales, ,,,rizona, to
efineries Jo., Juliacan, Sin., Lexie°, dlring

January, 1918,

00 each week, silver,und minor coin.

aranted.
876.

.'aies er,

SouthernPaciflc

Co., of L'exico, to Lexicon Collectorof :.;usto s,, Naco, Sonora,1.41ex, duringJanuary, 1916
, gold coin.

aggrcite of :
. i125000

(Applicati n f led-by John ,E. ihite,

sist-

ant Treasurer, Southern Pac..AA. of Mexico;*for Carne
copper Co.)

ranted.

memorandum from the Bureau of Insular Affairs rearding a proposed shipment of :i',600,000 gold to Mni1a was
read and referred to the Secretory, for report.
A letter fror the ::erch:Aits state Bank and Trust
Co., of:',aredo, Texas, re a shipment of :lexicon silver
to

erman

n Po shay, read and notcd.

4,t 11.05 a.m. the Co. it ee adjourned.
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ecretury.
Ohaiman.