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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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9PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

1904.

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1

To Governors and Tele-

Feb. 10

High Commissioners

gram

of all Colonies and

Protectorates.

2

To

Governors and Circular.

Feb. 12

High Commissioners

of all Colonies and

Protectorates

(ex-

Notifies a state of war between Japau and Russia, and conveys instructions for preventing a breach of neutrality.

Encloses copy of a letter from the Foreign Office embodying the Rules for the preservation of neutrality, together with the King's Proclamation.

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1

cept Cyprus).

To

Governors and

High Commissioners

Tele- gram.

Feb. 13

Conveys additional Rules as to supply of

coal.

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of all Colonies and

Protectorates.

4

To Governor Sir II.

A. Blake (Ceylon).

Tele-

gram.

Feb. 17

Instructs him that Rules affecting dura- tion of stay in harbour do not apply to merchant vessels and that coal is not munitions of war.

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5

To Governors of

Straits and Ceylon.

Tele- gram.

Feb. 22

Conveys instructions for the treatment of vessels of the Russian Volunteer Fleet.

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6

To

Governors and Circular

May 16

High Commissioners

2.

of all Colonies and

Instructs them that when a belligerent vessel coals at a British port other British neighbouring ports on the prob

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Protectorates.

7

To Acting Governor

Tele-

May 17

Sir H. Bale (Natal).

grain.

able line of route should be notified.

Informs him, in answer to inquiry, that belligerent ships means only national vessels, and that information as to mer- chaut vessels is not required..

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8

To Governors of Cey-

Tele-

July 14

inn, Straits, and

gram.

Hong Kong.

Instructs them that if a Russian steamer of the Volunteer Fleet applies for per- mission to coal, they should refuse supplies and refer home at once for instructions.

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9

Ditto

Tele- grani.

July 18

Instructs them to refuse supplies to any British or foreign merchant vessels which have been taken as prizes by the Russian Volunteer Fleet.

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10

To

Governors and Circular.

Aug. 9

High Commissioners

of Maritime Colonies

Records a telegram conveying instruc- tions as to the supply of coal to belli. gerent war-ships.

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and Protectorates.

10 Governor Sir J. An-

derson (Straits).

Tele- gram.

|(Rec. Aug. 10.)| Requests instructions as to the treatment of Russian Volunteer vessels, which claim to be at once merchant aud commissioned vessels.

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11

To Acting Governor

Sir H. Bale (Natal).

Tele- gram.

Aug. 23

Requests him to report whether it is correct that the British steamer “Come- dian" has been visited by a vessel of the Russian Volunteer Fleet, and whether this vessel was the "Smg- lensk."

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