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At a meeting of the Gold xport Committee of the Federal Reserve Board held in the office of the Board on Tuesday, May 14, 1918, at 10:3.A. M., Mr. Imlay, Acting Assistant Jecretary. Yr. Sarburg, presiding, Lr. Miller, Present also: Mr. Jtrauss. Applications for pormision to export coin, bullion and currency, with papers relative thereto, were presented and acted upon as follows: Memorandum re Mercantile Bank of the Americas and the National City Bank's requirements in Colombia. Noted. (Tabled until Thursday). Telegram from Deputy Governor Calkins of San virancisco re modified instructions to travelers. Noted, state will be forwarded when received. Telegram from American Metal Co., New York re applications it1814 and 1.824 to export 4200,000 gold and .100,000 gold respectively, to Mexico during May. Letter re above. Grant for 200,000. Telegram from Governor Van Zandt asking that license :4-1618 authorizing shipment of4,10,600 gold to Mexico to pay duties on metals, minerals, hides, - skins, ixtle, and the like, be extended to include Mexican export duties on cattle and goats now ready to import into United States. Grant for cattle and goats. Letter from H. Percy Meeker asking that license 41665 be extended to include May for remaining portion of ;;;25,000 silver coin authorized for exportation during April, to Mexico. Granted. Letter from Deputy Governor Calkins of SanFrancisco transmitting correspondence from Victor Patron re his application 41348 requesting permission to export .:;50,0UU in the aggregate from San Vrancisco, through the Anglo & London Paris National Bank, to Compania Minera de Panuco, Mazatlan, Mexico. Tabled. Letter from Federal Reserve Bank of 1.11nneapolis, May 11, re licenses issued by them. Noted. Letter from Federal Reserve Bank of New York, May 13, re licenses granted by them. 185*. Noted. Copy of letter said to have been written by Secretary of State to Secretary of Treasury re issuance of license for export of gold to Venezuela. Granted, for .,;3,000. 1853. United Fruit Co., Boston to Santa Marta, Colombia during May, 4;420,000 paper currency except gold or silver certificates. Granted. Canal Bank & Trubt Co., New Orleans by mail to Schwartz & Co., Guatemala City, Guatemala 4'05,000 paper currency except gold or silver certificates. Granted. 1855. Mexico Shoe Machinery Co., Ll Paso, to raimundo S. Garcia, C. Juarez, Mexico, ',1800 gold coin for payment of duties. 1856. Declined. F. Vizcaya, Laredo, Texas, to same, ruovo Laredo, Mexico, ,A00,0J,j gold coin. 1857. Declined. State Bank & Trust Co., Brownsville, Texas to Collector of Customs, Matamoras, Mexico, 410,0u0 gold coin during May. Granted, Mr. Warburg to write letter. 1858. Equitable Trust Co., New York to Comision Lonetaria or assignee, Mexico, $60,0004gold coin via Laredo, Texas. Declined, but say will grant application for 25:L of silver actually imported into the United States. At 10:53 A. M., the meeting adjourned. APPBOVED: Acting Assistant Secretary Chairman
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