129
For Yokohama.
15 B. skina
1 C. ghee
27 B. skine
H
46 bags old zinc
61 slaba tin
8 baskets gambier.
48 0. Wax
For Kobe.
27,872 bags rice
1,093 bage wheat
I
1 B. skins.
E. and O. E.
This is signed by the officer of the cruiser who examined the papers, but his name is illegible.
The guarantee of which a copy is enclosed was exacted by the Commander of the "Terek" from the master of the "Aparima."
I have, &c.
JOHN ANDERSON.
23,977 bags rice
7,708 wheat
11
8 B. piece goods
7 hides
11
Enclosure in No. 199.
GUARANTEE exacted by the COMMANDER of the Russian craiser “Terek.”
17
Steam-ship" Aparima." I HEREBY guarantee that all the cargo
in the steamer "Aparima' was shipped for the ports of Singapore and Calcutta, and will be landed at those ports.
ED. STOTT,
Master.
pp. B. and Co., E. D. H.
26309.
No. 201.
29562.
(No. 288.) SIR,
No. 200.
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
GOVERNOR SIR J. ANDERSON TO MR. LYTTELTON.
(Received July 24, 1905.)
[Copy to Foreign Office, July 26, 1905, L. F.]
*
Government House, Singapore,
June 29, 1505. WITH reference to my telegram of the 27 [? 26th instant, as to the steam- ship "Ikhona," which was sunk by the Russian cruiser "Terek," Í have the honour to transmit, for your information, a copy of a letter from the local agents of the British India Steam Navigation Company, giving particulars as to the cargo of the vessel.
"
2. The master of the " Ikhona states that about twenty to thirty bags of rice were taken by the cruiser from the "Ikhona's cargo for the purpose of providing the native crew of the "Iklona" with food while on board the "Terek."
I have, &c.
SIR,
FOREIGN OFFICE TO COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received July 27, 1905.)
[Answered by No. 210.]
Foreign Office,
July 26, 1905.
your
I AM directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to acknowledge the receipt of letter of the 14th instant, forwarding a copy of a despatch from the Governor of the Straits Settlements, in which his Excellency encloses copies of letters and statements as regards the circumstances attending the sinking of the steam-ship "St. Kilda."
With respect to the letter from the Commander of the "Dnieper" to the master of the "Flores," relative to the seventy-eight mail bags and case taken from the "St. Kilda (Enclosure 5 in your letter), I am to suggest, for Mr. Secretary Lyttelton's consideration, that the Governor of Hong Kong should be requested by telegraph to furnish a report as to the contents of the mails in question, and especially whether they included any official correspondence intended for the Japanese Government.
I am, &c.
F. A. CAMPBELL.
JOHN ANDERSON.
26309.
Enclosure in No. 200.
Messrs. BOUSTEAD and COMPANY, Agents, British India Steam Navigation Company (Limited), to Governor Sir J. ANDERSON.
Singapore, June 26, 1905.
SIR,
As requested by telephone by Captain Stockley, we have the honour to hand you an approximate list of the cargo on board the "Ikhona" when sunk by the Russian cruiser "Terek." We would mention that the steamer's manifest was either lost or taken by the Russians, and the particulars annexed have been made up from some records in possession of the ship's clerk, which may not be quite accurate.
We have, &c.
PP. Boustead and Co., E. D. HEWAN, Agents, B.I.S.N. Co. (Ltd.)
No. 202.
HONG KONG
MR. LYTTELTON TO GOVERNOR SIR M. NATHAN. (Sent 6:10 P.M., July 27, 1905.)
TELEGRAM.
- [Answered by No. 205.]
WITH reference to your telegram of the 26th June,t report as to contents of mails taken from "St. Kilda," especially whether they included official despatches for Japanese Government.
* L. F. transmitting copy of No. 196.
No. 187.
• No. 188.
[1185]
S
PUBLIC
RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
C.O. 885
9 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TOPage 181
26593.
130
No. 203.
HONG KONG.
GOVERNOR SIR M. NATHAN TO MR. LYTTELTON.
(Confidential.)
SIR,
(Received July 28, 1905.)
Government House, Hong Kong,
June 24, 1905.
IN continuation of my Confidential despatch of the 16th instant, I have the honour to transmit for your information the enclosed copy of a report from the
"Dnieper Postmaster-General regarding the treatment by the Russian cruiser accorded to mails for Japan on board the steam-ship "St. Kilda."
"
2. I also transmit a copy of a letter addressed by the Commander of the "Dnieper to the master of the "Flores "on the subject of these mails, which copy I received from the Governor of the Straits Settlements.
Tuticorin
131
to Yokohama
2 baga.
Rangoon
1 bag.
London
to Nagasaki
2 bags.
Br.c.diai
3
10
11
Paris
1 bag.
Hong Kong
1
4 bage.-
Singapore
2
"
London
to Hakodate
"
One bag not tampered with
:
London
to Kobe
7
33
Brindisi
2
11
12
"
1 bag.
Paria
Hong Kong Tuticorin Bingapore
Port Suld Sucz Bombay Paris
21
31
"
to Seoul
liong Kong to Yokubama
Total
:!::
3 bags.
2. "P
1 bag.
1
39
Not tampered with.
1
29
1
23
1
33
1 case.
78 bags and 1 c.se.
I have, &c.
M. NATHAN,
Governor, &c.
Steam-ship
(6 Flores,"
June 13, 1905.
السيسي
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
(No. 52.) SIR,
Enclosure 1 in No. 203.
General Post Office, Hong Kong,
June 21, 1905.
I HAVE the honour to inform you that I received yesterday by the steam-ship "Sui Sang" seventy-eight bags of mails and one box from Singapore, which had been landed there by the steam-ship "Flores," which received them from the Russian cruiser "Dnieper." These mails had been placed on board the steam-ship "St. Kilda," which sailed for Kobe on the morning of the 4th June, and were made up as shown on the attached list.
Seventy-three bags and the box had all been opened and were resealed by the Russians. One registered letter from Singapore for the Japanese Foreign Office, Tôkið, appears to have been abstracted.
The mails for Japan from Europe are always landed here from P. and O. steamers to be forwarded by the first suitable opportunity, and there was no other steamer notified for Japanese ports between the "St. Kilda " and the “Tjipanas" viâ Shanghae on the 5th instant.
The mails were dispatched again to Japan by the "Empress of India" to-day.
I have, &c.
L. A. M. JOHNSTON,
Postmaster-General,
SIR,
Enclosure 2 in No. 203.
Cruiser "Dnieper," I.R.N,
May 29, 1905.
HEREWITH I forward to you seventy-eight (78) bags and one (1) case of mail, to
be landed at the first port on your way you will call at.
This mail was taken on board of the cruiser "Dnieper," I.R.N., from the steam-ship "St. Kilda" of Liverpool, the master of which received the above-mentioned mail without any accompanying documents in Hong Kong, to be landed at ports of Japan. Seventy-three (73) bags and one (1) case of this mail were officially inspected on board of the cruiser, and resealed with the I.R. Seal of the cruiser.
To
The Master of the steam-ship " Flores."
26594.
No. 204. HONG KONG,
T. SKALSKY,
Commander, I.R.N.
The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary,
Hong Kong.
MAILS for Japan.
London Brindisi Leipzighof
to Tokio
12 bags. One bag not tampered with.
4
พ
21
2
11
Munchen
2
11
One bag not tampered with.
Paris
"
I bag
Hong Kong
2 bage.
London to Yokohama
7
"
Brindisi
3
Leipzighof
2
+1
Munchen
2
+
21
Not tampered with.
Paria
"
1 bag
Hong Kong
3 bags.
• No. 197.
C.O. 885
9 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
GOVERNOR SIR M. NATHAN TO MR. LYTTELTON.
(Confidential.)
SIR,
(Received July 28, 1905.)*
[Answered by No. 208.]
Government House, Hong Kong,
June 26, 1905.
In continuation of my Confidential despatch of the 16th instant,* on the subject of the sinking of the steam-ship "St. Kilda" by the Russian Volunteer ship Dnieper" on the 5th, I have the honour to enclose en clair versions of telegramst despatched to you on the 17th and on this date. The former message was sent at your request, communicated to me by the Governor of the Straits Settlements, and the latter at the request of Messrs. Bradley and Co., the local agents of the British vessel, embodied in the letter of which I transmit a copy herewith.
I have, &c.
[1185]
* No. 197.
-M. NATHAN,
Governor, &c.
+ Nos. 184 and 187.
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