a voyage exceeding 14 days in duration,
with consequent obligations
as to
additional
accommodation to such
and are not required
on shorter voyage
in addition at
of and
Fees payable
to the British Consul if the place of departure
immediately
Port.
We cannot but think that His Excellency has been
strangely misinformed
as to the distance between the ports mentioned and the maximum
duration of the Voyage.
From practical
experience
in
Shanghai writes fully:
"The voyage from Chefoo to Wladiwostock is
"well known.
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to be a
"Safe and short one-much under the 14 days duration: "Consequently
I asked under
"The Chinese
Passenger's
"Act, that I thought there
"must be
"Such an
error in
"(ie the proclamation in question) the actual facts of the
case regarding
voyage being
from Chefoo to
Nagasaki under
48 hours (Steaming under 24 hours where the route is good)
and
Nagasaki to Fusan
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under 24 hours where the
route is good.
And Fusan to
Wladiwostock"