"Iusan to Gensan (onsan)
24, say under
30
(along East Coast of Coun) "Gensan to Wladiwostok
under 36
(half way
harbour)
f an excellent
of 6 days total of
"During
144 hours
the period that "passengers are plentiful "the moral voyage is,
Chefoo to Nagasaki say
"2 days
"Nagasaki to Wladiwostok "2 1/2 days. Total 4 1/2 days".
Your Excellency
will
thus observe that if a steamer calls at the intermediate ports
mentioned,
of
the
duration
the entire voyage
more than 6 days - whilst the
is rare
periods at sea between the different ports do not exceed 48 hours, whilst
calls only
if the steamer
at Nagasaki the duration of the voyage)
is but 4 1/2
days and the longest period at sea 2 1⁄2 days.
From these facts it is obvious that the voyage in question is outside the scope of voyages to which the act was intended to apply, and
it is
difficult to conceive
upon what
grounds
the
declaration
now referred to could have been suggested.
Were there any reasonable ground for proclaiming the voyage in question a of 8 days duration 'we should not trouble
Your...