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No. 191.
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
GOVERNOR SIR J. ANDERSON TO MR. LYTTELTON.
(Received 10-27 A.M., June 29, 1905.)
TELEGRAM.
[Copy to Foreign Office, June 29, 1905, L. F.]
BRITISH Ship "Aparima," Australia to Calcutta, stopped by "Terek " 2·15 o'clock in the afternoon of the 27th June, 2° 22' south latitude, 109° 21′ east longitude; allowed to proceed after examination of papers. Master ordered to sign guarantee all cargo ou board shipped to Singapore, Calcutta, and to be landed at those ports.
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No. 192.
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
GOVERNOR SIR J. ANDERSON TO MR. LYTTELTON. (Received 10:40 A.M., June 29, 1905.)
TELEGRAM.
[Copy to Foreign Office, June 29, 1905, L. F.] BRITISH Consul at Batavia telegraphs "Terek" has arrived there.
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No. 193.
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
GOVERNOR SIR J. ANDERSON TO MR. LYTTELTON.
(Received 10:52 A.M., June 30, 1905.)
TELEGRAM.
[Copy to Foreign Office, June 30, 1905, L. F.]
INFORMATION received that Danish steamer "Princesse Marie" from Singapore for Shanghae and Yokohama was sunk by Russian man-of-war "Terek" 22nd June; crew expected to arrive at Singapore 2nd July.
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No. 194.
HONG KONG.
GOVERNOR SIR M. NATHAN TO MR. LYTTELTON. (Received July 3, 1905.)
[Copy to Foreign Office, July 12, 1905, L. F. (see No. 198).]. [Answered by No. 211.]
Government House,
June 2, 1905.
IN continuation of my Secret despatches of the 4th and 20th April, and the 5th and 19th May, 1905,* on the subject of colliers taking in coal at a British port for the use of ships of a belligerent fleet, &c., I have the honour to inform you, with regard to the steam-ship "Poschan," that the master of the British steam-ship" Laertes "reported here, on the 20th May, that on the 13th of that month he had seen the former vessel at Nhabic, the quarantine station on the Saigon River, loading with coal from the German steam-ship "Milos," of which the cargo had caught fire.
"Florida," I have to report
2. In the matter of the steam-ships "Tolosan" and that, before the receipt on the 21st May of your telegram of the previous day,† of which an en` clair version is annexed, the "Tolosan " had discharged her cargo of coal, and proceeded in ballast to Saigon. As you have been already informed, the "Florida had cleared, under similar conditions, on the 13th May. No action was therefore necessary on your telegram.
3. The steam ship "Wik," referred to in the third paragraph of my last report, was unable to dispose here of her cargo of Welsh coal (3,864 tons), the British naval authorities having already a full store. "Her agents, Messrs. Jebsen and Co., accordingly applied on the 29th ultimo, under instructions from her owner, to be allowed to provide her with 100 tons of bunker coal, and despatch her to Tsing Tau, stating that the cargo would be landed at that place, and was not destined for any belligerent. The neces- sary permit was given, and the ship despatched on the 31st.
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4. The steam-ship Neumuchlen," stated in the fourth paragraph of my last despatch to have been in attendance on the belligerent fleet on the Annamite coast, and at the date of that despatch to be under observation in this harbour, was allowed to clear in ballast for Singapore on the 20th May. The steam-ship “Forsteck," which was here under similar conditions, has been given permission to-day to take in bunker coal to enable her to proceed in ballast to Samarang.
5. Of the vessels mentioned in the fifth paragraph of my last despatch as under observation in this harbour, the Norwegian steam-ship "Mont Blanc," with cargo of flour, and the German steam-ship "Socrabaya," also with cargo of flour (and not of coal as I regret was previously reported to you in error), still remain here. There has been no communication with the agents or masters of either of these vessels, which have been a long time in harbour, but for some reason that I do not know have never asked for clearance.
6. It was due to a misapprehension of a Table sent to me by the harbour-master that I stated in the same paragraph of my last report that the German steam-ship "Syfang" was in harbour. The error was of some moment in view of the correspondence covered by your confidential despatch of the 31st March,‡ which included an assurance from the master of the ship to the Collector of His Majesty's Customs at Cardiff, that Hong Kong was the real port of destination of the vessel, which would not attend on any belligerent as a collier. I accordingly telegraphed on the 26th May,§ informing you of the mistake and that the vessel had not been here, but had recently been reported by the master of the steam-ship "Laertes " as loaded with coal at Saigon on the 13th of that month.
7. I annex a list furnished by this master, Captain Jackson, of colliers lio saw on the same occasion in the neighbourhood of Saigon. Twelve out of the sixteen vessels shown in this list as at Cape St. James (ie., all except the "Ingrid Horn," "Prima," "Syfang," and "Westmoreland "--the last probably a mistake for "Westfalen ") were also
Nos. 159, 171, 176, and 185.
L. F. transmitting a copy of No. 135.
† No. 170.
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