Any further communication should be addressed to:-
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, (MARINE DEPARTMENT).
And the following letter and number should be quoted :-
M 17836
Telegraphic Address.
BOARD TRADE, MARINE,
LONDON.
Rue 2
39
-247
C. O.
56945
2020 OCT 04
MARINE DEPARTMENT
7, WHITEHALL GARDENS,
LONDON, S.W,
September 1904
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Sir,
I am directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th ultario, forwarding a copy of a despatch from His Majesty's Minister at Tokio in regard to the refusal of the crews of three British ships arrived at Nagasake with cargoes of coal to work on the ground that the vessels were carrying contraband.
Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office.
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