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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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9PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
1904.
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To Governors and Tele-
Feb. 10
High Commissioners
gram
of all Colonies and
Protectorates.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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