Description: Correspondence from C.M. Schroeder to the Colonial Office on the cultivation of tobacco in the British Empire. He provides a statement of hardship suffered following changes to customs practices for empire grown tobacco and requests a grant or subsidy to be made in recognition for his work on behalf of the colonies. The file includes a printed leaflet titled 'Instructions for shipping tobacco to C M Schroder, Tobacco Leaf Merchant, Nottingham, England'.