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Table XLVI: Agreements for operating the March Order in Council.
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I. – General Agreements for operating the March Order in Council
With whom concluded		Remarks on Agreement
Danish Grösserer Societat       and Industrieraad		Guarantees of home consumption on the rationing principle.
Netherlands Overseas Trust		Ditto (two agreements).
Societé Suisse de    Surveillance Economique		Ditto.
Greek Government		An exchange of notes, whereby all articles on the British       contraband lists were guaranteed against re-export.
II. – Shipping Agreements
Company with whom concluded		Remarks on Agreement
Norwegian:   Norwegian-America Line		Guarantees given for investigating ultimate destination of goods       and refusing cargoes of German destination or origin.
Garonne Line		Ditto
Norway-Mexico Gulf Line		Ditto
Norwegian Africa and       Australia Line		Ditto
Bergenske S.S. Line		Ditto
[402]   Thor Thoresen Line		Ditto
Nordenfeldske       Damskipskelskat		Ditto
Otto Thoresen Line		Ditto
Danish:   East Asiatic Company		Ditto
United S.S. Company		Ditto
III. – Agreements with regard to particular commodities
With whom completed	Commodity	Remarks on Agreement
Swedish Cotton Mills	Cotton	Guarantees of home consumption on the rationing principle.
Norwegian Cotton Mills	Cotton	Ditto
Industrieraad and       Grösserer Societat	Ditto	Ditto
Netherlands Overseas Trust	Ditto	Ditto (two agreements).
United States Copper       Producers	Ditto	An association in London made sole agents       for American shipments to Scandinavia.
Standard Oil Company       (U.S.A.)	Oil and its products	Guarantees of home consumption of all shipments       to the East Mediterranean.
Vacuum Oil Company       (U.S.A.)	Ditto	Guarantees not to trade with Greece, Bulgaria, Roumania       and Montenegro.
Vacuum Oil Company       (U.S.A.)	Ditto	Guarantees of home consumption of all shipments to       Scandinavia on the rationing principle.
Mustad & Sons (Norway       and Sweden)	Copra and oil-bearing produce	Guarantees of home consumption of all raw materials imported.       Rationing principle.
Lilleberg fabriker Norway	Ditto	Ditto
IV. – Agreements for guaranteeing British exports against re-export
With whom concluded	Commodity	Remarks on Agreement
Copenhagen Coal Bureau	Coal	Guarantees of ultimate destination given.
Netherlands Overseas Trust	Ditto	Ditto
Netherlands Overseas Trust	Copper	Ditto
American Rubber       Manufacturers	Rubber	Guarantees of home consumption given (operated by       British Consul, San Francisco).
American Tin Importers	Tin	Guarantees of home consumption given (operated by H.B.M.       Consuls General, San Francisco and New York).
American Metal Importers	Chrome ore Cobalt ore Manganese ore Tungsten ore Nickel ore Spiegeleisen ore Molybdenite ore Wolframite ore Scheelite Ferro alloys Plumbago	Ditto
American Textile Alliance	Wool	Guarantees of home consumption given.