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16. 5.5. Gibraltar."-The Committee considered Messrs. Houlder, Middleton and Company's accounts for this ship as regards the voyage from Gibraltar to the United States. The Committee approved of the account for £7,979 138. 4d. for the voyage, subject to detailed checking and to inquiry on the two points mentioned below. These points were:-
(a) Port dues at Gibraltar
(b) Water for boilers, amounting to
In particular they approved the claim for an allowance of the increased cost of the coal since the date of the contract. the twenty-seventh meeting as to this.)
£ 8. d. 3 14 0
13 18 0
19s. a ton in respect of (See also the minutes of
They had no observations to make with regard to the accounts for the voyage from New York to the United Kingdom.
It was agreed that until the account of the freights payable at New York in respect of the cargo conveyed from Gibraltar had been ascertained it was not possible to fix the amount which was returnable to the representatives out of the £12,000 paid by them under the agreement. It was understood that the total of these freights was likely to exceed the expenses incurred by Messrs. Houlder, Middleton and Company in moving the ship.
The total figures, which included certain payments on account, were:-
£ 8. d. 2 21,427 0 19,679 14 2
Credits Debits
Balance
1,747 6 0
17. The Committee approved a draft which the Secretary proposed to send to the Commission Internationale de Ravitaillement relative to the employment of detained ships. It was agreed that the letter need not be submitted to the Admiralty.
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18. 8.3." Lorenzo -The Committee approved the terms of the agreement with
"Lorenzo. Messrs. Farrar, Groves and Company for the management of the 3.3.
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THE FIFTY-FIFth Meeting of the Committee was held at the Colonial Office on Thursday, 3rd June, 1915, at 3.15 p.m.
The following members were present :-
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MR. W. J. EVANS, Admiralty (in the chair).
MR. G. L. BARSTOW, C.B., Treasury.
MR. C. HIPWOOD, Board of Trade.
MR. H. W. MALKIN, Foreign Office.
MR. L. D. WAKELY, India Office.
MR. C. TENNYSON, C.M.G., Colonial Office.
MR. T. H. HOLT, Crown Agents.
MR. R A. WISEMAN (Secretary).
The minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed, with one alteration.
S.3. "George R."-Mr. Holt reported that he was trying to fix the 'George R." with coal for a port on the south coast of England or on the north coast of France other than Rouen, as it had been found impossible to obtain a cargo for London. The Committee approved of his action.
3. 8.8. Thor."-Mr. Holt reported that this steamer would be free on the 13th June. After some discussion it was decided to consider her case again at the next meeting.
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"Lorenzo."-Mr. Holt reported that he had been informed that the Anglo-Persian Oil Company wished this ship to be put into the hands of the British Tanker Company. It was understood that all the shares of the latter company were held by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, and that the Directors of the two
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companies were the same. Mr. Evans undertook to make inquiries as to the posi- tion of the British Tanker Company, and, if necessary, to consult Somerset House as to its constitution.
5. 8.5. “Helgoland.”—It was decided to load this ship with a cargo of coal from Calcutta to Colombo. Mr. Wakely undertook to make inquiries again of the Wheat Committee as to whether they would bear the cost of navigating the ship to Karachi, as he had reason to believe that the suggested arrangement had not been fully understood by that Committee.
6. 8.8. "Gibraltar.”—A letter from Messrs. Houlder, Middleton and Company, giving explanations as to the charges in their account for the supply of water for boilers and for port dues, was read to the Committee. It was agreed that the Committee should bear the expense of the water necessary for cleaning the boilers but not of that supplied for moving the ship, and Mr. Holt was asked to ascertain The Company's whether any charge for the latter was included in the account. offer to bear the cost of the port dues was agreed to.
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7. Other Ships.-The Committee also discussed the position of the steamships 'Concadoro,” “Adolphus," and "Koerber."
8. Application from Prince Line for a ship.—Mr. Holt was authorized to inform the Company that the Committee had no ship available for meeting the Company's requirements.
9. 8.9.
Emir."-A letter from Messrs. Churchill and Sim with reference to the sale of hemp and sisal on this ship was read to the Committee. After some discussion Mr. Evans undertook to make inquiries of the Contract Department of the Admiralty as to the prevailing price of hemp at the date of the sale, and the proper rate per ton to be estimated for discharging the goods into warehouses.
10. Managers' Agreements.*-The Committee approved the proposed amend- ment to the form of agreement with steamship owners for the management of ships. 11. 8.8. "Apolda."-Mr. Tennyson read to the Committee a telegram from the Federal Steam Navigation Company's Agent in Australia reporting that repairs had been effected to the "Apolda" at Sydney to fit her for the voyage to South Africa with sleepers. As the repairs had been effected at Sydney, and the ship would not be completely discharged until she had reached Brisbane, it might not be possible to put the cost of these repairs upon Messrs. Temperley under the agree ment with them for the carriage of sleepers. The Committee recommended that a full report should be obtained from the Federal Steam Navigation Company as to the repairs that had been effected, and why they were carried out at Sydney and not at Brisbane.
12. $.8. "Hamm."-Mr. Tennyson read to the Committee a telegram from the local agents of the Federal Steam Navigation Company reporting that, as certain beer and wine on this ship was being pillaged, it had been put into bond. He explained that he had asked the Federal Steam Navigation Company to arrange for the sale of these stores, but that the Australian Customs authorities had refused to allow the sale as the goods had not been condemned. The Committee agreed that Mr. Hughes might be informed that the stores could be left in bond, and they recommended that the Colonial Office should write to the Australian Government to ask them to apply to the Court for leave to sell the goods.
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13. 8.3. Bangor."-The Committee recommended that a telegram should be sent to the Governor of the Falkland Islands informing him that the former owners had applied for a postponement of the case, and asking him what difficulty was The Colonial Office anticipated by the local Government in dealing with the crew. should write to the Foreign Office informing them of the action which had been taken, and asking them to find out from the Norwegian owners whether they would agree to bear the expense of bringing this ship to the United Kingdom if the ship were ultimately released.
"As this ship had not been appraised by the Prize 8.8. "Macedonia."- Court at Gibraltar, the Committee decided that it should be valued by Messrs. Kellock and Company, and that the Secretary should write to the Transport Department informing them that this was being done.
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*See No. 12 (d) in Appendix B.