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Misc. 1347.
ALL COMMUNICATIONS
TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE
GROWN AGENTE FOR THE GOLONIED,
THE ABOVE REFERENCE AND THE
DATE OF THIS LETTER SEINO QUOTED.
TELEGRAMB,"OROWN, LONDON."
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"Confidential".
34258
REC?
k.
REG 6 JUL 7
4, MILLBANK,
WESTMINSTER,
42
LONDON, S.w. 1.
4th July, 1917.
Sir,
I have the honour to state that the P,& O. service
to the Malay Peninsula and China has been suspended from the
beginning of June, 1917, until further notice. The Company
offered to carry our passengers to Bombay and to arrange for
the issue of rail tickets thence to Calcutta or Negapatam,
whichever port might be more suitable in each case, and for
a further passage from one of these ports to Penang,
Singapore, or Hong Kong. We have considered the relative
cost and advantages of this and alternative routes, and find
that the only other route now open with a regular service is
by the steamers of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. We estimate the
relative cost of passages as follows:-
To Penang or Singapore.
1st class officers.
Bombay)
2nd class A rate by P. & 0. mail to Bombay)
and thence first class
Nippon Yusen Kaisia
£52.18.10
(or via Negapatan
£47. 2. 4)
(plus detention
allowance in India)
£60. 0. 0
£54. 0. 0
or by certain steamers
2nd class officers.
2nd class B rate by P.& 0. to Bombay
and thence 2nd class
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
or by certain steamers
(or via Megapatam
£41.16. 1 €35.11. 2)
(plus detention
allowance in India)
£40. 0. 0
£36. 0. 0
Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.