File No. 5727/74.
The Acting Secretary of
State to the British
Ambassador.
Department of State,
Washington, July 10,
1907.
No. 108.]
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge
receipt of your note of the 3d instant, relative to the recognition
by this Government of British chambers of commerce as competent
bodies to issue certificates of value on the same terms as are
accorded to German chambers of commerce under paragraph F of the
diplomatic note annexed to the new commercial agreement between the
United States and Germany.
In reply, I have the honor to inform you that the request of your
Government was duly communicated to the Secretary of the Treasury,
and his reply is inclosed herewith, dated the 9th instant. You will
perceive that the Secretary of the Treasury states that in view of
the facts set forth in Your Excellency’s note there is no objection
to the extension of the privilege requested.
Accept, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
The Secretary of the
Treasury to the Secretary of
State.
Treasury Department,
Washington, July 9, 1907.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 8th instant, transmitting a
copy of a note from the British ambassador relative to the
recognition by this Government of British chambers of commerce
as competent bodies to issue certificates of value on the Same
terms as are accorded German chambers of commerce under
paragraph F of the diplomatic note annexed to the commercial
agreement between the United States and Germany.
It is represented that the board of trade of the United Kingdom
has recently instituted an advisory committee on commercial
intelligence, and members of this committee are mostly appointed
on the nomination of the British chambers. These chambers are,
moreover, always consulted by the board of trade through the
advisory committee upon questions relating to foreign tariffs,
and no chambers will be declared competent to issue such
certificates except those which satisfy the committee respecting
their arrangements. It is further represented that the British
Government will from time to time communicate the names of those
chambers which are authorized to issue certificates of value,
and that through this supervision an official recognition is
extended to British chambers of commerce as will make certain
the fact that certificates of value will be issued only after
due inquiry and with a due sense of official responsibility.
In view of the facts set forth, I have the honor to state that no
objection is perceived to the extension of the privilege
requested.
Respectfully,
