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No. 54.
CEYLON.
GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE TO MR. LYTTELTON.
(Paraphrase.)
(Received 2:37 P.M., December 24, 1904.)
TELEGRAM.
[Copy to Foreign Office and Admiralty, December 28, 1904, L. F.]
In reply to your telegram of the 21st_instant, one sailor of the Japanese mercantile marine arrived at Colombo from Java on the 6th August. Four more arrived from Java on the 30th September. Two of these men left for Port Said on the 10th November in the steam-ship "Torridge." The others are still in Ceylon awaiting passage.
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No. 52.
HONG KONG.
MR. LYTTELTON TO GOVERNOR SIR M. NATHAN.
(Sent 12:55 P.M., December 26, 1904.)
(Paraphrase.)
TELEGRAM.
(Confidential.)
SIR,
FOREIGN OFFICE TO COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received December 29, 1904.)
Foreign Office,
December 28, 1904.
WITH reference to my letter of the 7th instant," 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 telegram (communicated by the Admiralty) from the Commander-in-chief, Australia, relative to the use of the Marshall Islands by the Russian Baltic fleet.
Enclosure in No. 54.
I am, &c.
F. A. CAMPBELL.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, Australia, to ADMIRALTY.
(Sent, Hobart, Received, Admiralty, December 26, 1904.)
(Confidential. No. 153.)
TELEGRAM.
My No. 144. Officer identified as Count Hoogerwoera left Sydney, N.S.W., on
10th December, in German mail-steamer for Hong Kong.
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
61
C.O. 885
[Answered by Nos. 95, 103, 131, and 132.]
HAVE reason to believe that British steamers "Sandhurst" and
" or "Toronto ") are (of which the former possibly may be reported as "St. Enoch carrying coal to Hong Kong for the Russian fleet.
"Woodford "
Please report by telegraph the movements of these two vessels and their proceedings on arrival in the Colony, and also whether they are acting under the Russian fleet's orders.
43483.
No. 55.
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
MR. LYTTELTON TO GOVERNOR SIR J. ANDERSON.t (Sent 4:30 P.M., January 3, 1905.)
(Very Secret.)
TELEGRAM.
WITH reference to my telegram of 26th November, it is reported that Baltic fleet may use Marshall Islands as base of operations and may coal there. If, therefore, it is ascertained that any collier, British or foreign, is habitually taking cargoes of coal from the ports of the Colony to the Russian fleet at the Marshall Islands, she should be detained by one of the local authorities defined in section 21 of the Foreign Enlistment Act.
Officer named Count Hoogerwoera left Sydney 10th December in German mail- steamer for Hong Kong.
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No. 53.
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
GOVERNOR SIR J. ANDERSON TO MR. LYTTELTON. (Received 7.50 A.M., December 27, 1904.)
TELEGRAM.
[Copy to Foreign Office, December 30, 1904, Secret, L. F.]
WATCH is being kept on the persons referred to in your telegram of the 20th.†
• No. 44.
† No. 48.
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No. 56.
NATAL.
GOVERNOR SIR H. E. MCCALLUM To MR. LYTTELTON.
(Received January 16, 1905.)
(Secret. No. 1.)
[Answered by No. 117.]
King's House, Durban, Natal, SIR,
December 22, 1904. I HAVE the honour to inform you that I have this day dispatched you a cypher telegram dated the 22nd December, No: 1,§ to the effect that a French steamer, the "Espérance," sailing from Liverpool and Barry, had arrived at Durban with 1,020 tons of frozen meat from the Argentine on board, and had asked to be supplied with 1,000 tons of coal to take her to Saigon.
• No. 30 A.
†To be repeated to Hong Kong and Labuan. No. 47.
‡ No. 24 A.