Sir,
Foreign Office,
June 12, 1904.
I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to transmit to you, to be laid before Mr Secretary Lyttelton, a copy of a letter from the Customs with respect to the S.S. "Jesmond," which cleared from Cardiff for Hong Kong with a rumoured intention of being sold to a Japanese purchaser.
The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble Servant,