Serial
Page,
From or to whom.
Despatch
Date.
No.
No.
Transmits copies of Nos. 67 and 70; agrees to informing Sir H. McCallum that he is mistaken in regarding coal as contra- band requests to be furnished with a Memorandum showing what treatment should be extended to vessels which admit having supplied coal to the Rus- sian fleet.
Hesitates, for reasons given, to concur in the proposed approval of the Governor of Natal's compromise regarding the "Espérance," and suggests that this explanation be conveyed privately to the Governor
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84
To Foreign Office
Confi- dential.
1905.
Feb. 6
xi
85
To the British North
Confi-
Feb. 6
42
Borneo Company. dential.
Subject.
Page.
Transmits, with remarks, copy of No. 39, and offers suggestions for advising the Governors of Colonies on the line of route of the names of colliers suspected of being in attendance on the Russian fleet which pass through the Suez Canal.
Asks whether the Company can account for the allegations of the "Novos Vremya" in No. 69; considers that the Governor of Labuan should be asked for a full report.
Transmits copy of No. 71 and draft of
reply.
Reports that the German ship “Dacia" which has coaled Russian man-of-war has applied for water to fill all her tanks, but that enough to take her to Cape Town only has been granted.
Transmits copy of letter from the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company denying the allegation of the "Novon Vremya" as to cable interruption at Labuan; the Governor of Labuan will be asked to make a report on the subject.
Transmits copy of No. 87, and enquires what instructions should be sent to the Governors of the Cape or Natal respecting the "Dacia."
Repeats telegraphic correspondence with the Governor of the Straits Settle- ments respecting the despatch of a man-of-war to Labuan to maintain neutrality; if it is necessary to send a force suggests that the British North Borneo Company should be consulted.
Transmite, in reply to No. 84. paraphrase of a telegram to Consul Caineron at Port Said instructing him to furnish in- formation concerning colliers direct to the Governors of Ceylon and Natal, and states that the Colonial Office will be informed of any suspicious sailings from the United Kingdom.
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46
47
47
47
49
49
86
To Foreign Office
Feb. 7
77
To Foreign Office
Jan. 31
Transmits copy of No. 74; considers that there is ground for believing that the vessels referred to in No. 58 have been in attendance throughout on the Rus- sian fleet, and that if the instructious in No. 70 are to be modified a telegram should be sent to the Governor at the earliest possible moment.
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87
Governor Sir HL E McCallum (Natal).
Tele-
Feb. 8 gram 1. (Rec. Feb. 8.)
78
Governor Sir H. E.
McCallum (Natal).
Tele- gram,
(Rec. Feb. 1.) Reports that he has received written assurances from the masters of the "Aberlour" and "Tapton" that they will proceed to some port in the United Kingdom and that they are now taking bunker coal.
88
The British North
Borneo Company.
Feb. 8
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79
Foreign Office
89
To Foreign Office
Feb. 8
Feb. 2
Acknowledges receipt of Nos. 75 and 77; considers that the instructions sent to the Governor of Natal as regards the "Tapton" and "Aberlour are ade- quate.
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90
Ditto
Confi. dential.
Feb. 8
80
Mr. Campbell to Mr.
Round.
Feb. 3
81
To Foreign Office
Confi- dential
Feb. 4
States that the information in the Governor of Natal's telegram of 80th January respecting the "Espérance" does not alter the question from the Foreign Office point of view, but agrees to let the matter stand over until Mr. Cox's return.
Transmits copy of No. 78, and calls atten- tion to the concluding paragraph of the Memorandum by the Principal Collector of Customs (stating that all the ships started from England) with a view to any necessary communication being made to His Majesty's Commissioner of Customs.
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44
91
Foreign Office
Confi. dential.
Feb. 10
92
To Foreign Office
Feb. 10
Conveys purport of Nos. 82 a and 83 and proposes to forward to all Colonies on the line of route to the East extracts from No. 79 as in the draft enclosed.
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81 To Governor Sir H. E
McCallum (Natal).
Tele- gram.
Feb. 4
Requests that copies of newspaper articles referred to in No. 74 may be sent home by first opportunity.
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93
Governor Sir H. E.
McCallum (Natal).
Confi. dential
Jan. 18 (Rec. Feb. 11.)|
82
Ditto
Conf- dential.
Feb. 4
Transmita copies of Nos. 66, 68, 75, 77,
and 79.
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1.
Reports circumstances in which instruc-
tions
were requested 88 to the "Ras Dara," "William Storrs," and "St. Ninian."
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94
Foreign Office
82▲ Governor Sir H. E.
McCallum (Natal).
Tele- gram 1.
Feb. 5
(Rec. Fab. &:)
States that the newspaper article referred to in No. 74 was sent by mail on 4th February.
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Feb. 11
Acknowledges receipt of No. 81, and con
siders it unnecessary at present to make any communication to His Majesty's Commissioners of Customs.
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83
Governor Sir II. E.
Tele- McCallum (Natal).
gram 1.
Feb. 6 (Rec. Feb. 6.)
Reports, with reference to No. 74, that the articles were written by the master of the "Aberlour," not the muster of the "Tapton."
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45
Governor Sir M. Na-
than (Hong Kong)
Tele- gram.
(Rec. Feb. 19.) Reporta with reference to No. 52 the move-
ments of the steamer "Sandhurst."
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96
Foreign Office -
[1185]
Feb. 19
Acknowledges receipt of No. 86, and concurs in the terms of the draft despatch to the Governor of Mauritius.
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