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AMERICAN EMBASSY,

LONDON.

September 14th,

1899.

514

My Lord:-

Under telegraphic Instructions, just received from my Government, I have the honour to inform Your Lordship, that the Commander of the Transport "Tartar" has telegraphed, that the Authorities at Hong Kong refuse to clear that steamship on the alleged ground that she has on board more passengers than the authorised number, said to be eight hundred and twenty-four.

The Tartar is a British Steamship belonging to the Canadian Pacific Railway, under charter to the United States Government, and has been refitted with conversion and ventilation of her cargo space as a military transport, to carry the number usual for her class and tonnage, according to the rules and requirements of the United States Service, that is to say, eleven hundred and forty-five men and one hundred and eleven cabin passengers.

To the Marquess of Salisbury, K.G.,

&c.,

&c.,


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AMERICAN EMBASSY, LONDON. September 14th, 1899. 514 My Lord:- Under telegraphic Instructions, just received from my Government, I have the honour to inform Your Lordship, that the Commander of the Transport "Tartar" has telegraphed, that the Authorities at Hong Kong refuse to clear that steamship on the alleged ground that she has on board more passengers than the authorised number, said to be eight hundred and twenty-four. The Tartar is a British Steamship belonging to the Canadian Pacific Railway, under charter to the United States Government, and has been refitted with conversion and ventilation of her cargo space as a military transport, to carry the number usual for her class and tonnage, according to the rules and requirements of the United States Service, that is to say, eleven hundred and forty-five men and one hundred and eleven cabin passengers. To the Marquess of Salisbury, K.G., &c., &c., Since the original text is mostly well-formed and the OCR output is quite clear, the main corrections made were: - "telegraphic Instructions" to "telegraphic instructions" (standard capitalization) - "re- ceived" to "received" (fixing line-break artifact) - "18" to "is" (correcting OCR error) - "uess" to removing it as it seems to be a fragment or error, assuming it's not part of the intended text. - Standardizing the formatting to HTML as requested, using `` for paragraphs.
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Gpy 24749 99 AMERICAN EMBASSY, LONDON. September 14th, 1899. 514 My Lord:- Under telegraphic Instructions, just re- ceived from my Government, I have the honour to in- form Your Lordship, that the Commander of the Trans- port "Tartar" has telegraphed, that the Authorities at Hong Kong refuse to clear that steamship on the al- leged ground that she has on board more passengers than the authorised number, said to be eight hundred and twenty-four. The Tartar* 18 a British Steam- now ship belonging to the Canadian Pacific Railway, under charter to the United States Government, and has been refitted with conversion and ventilation of her cargo space as a military transport, to carry the number usual for her class and tonnage, according to the rules and requirements of the United States Ser- vice, that is to say, eleven hundred and forty-five men and one hundred and eleven cabin passengers. uess of Salisbury. K.G., &C., &c., Since
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AMERICAN EMBASSY,

LONDON.

September 14th,

1899.

514

My Lord:-

Under telegraphic Instructions, just re-

ceived from my Government, I have the honour to in-

form Your Lordship, that the Commander of the Trans-

port "Tartar" has telegraphed, that the Authorities at

Hong Kong refuse to clear that steamship on the al-

leged ground that she has on board more passengers

than the authorised number, said to be eight hundred

and twenty-four.

The Tartar* 18 a British Steam-

now

ship belonging to the Canadian Pacific Railway,

under charter to the United States Government, and

has been refitted with conversion and ventilation of

her cargo space as a military transport, to carry the

number usual for her class and tonnage, according to

the rules and requirements of the United States Ser-

vice, that is to say, eleven hundred and forty-five

men and one hundred and eleven cabin passengers.

uess of Salisbury. K.G.,

&C.,

&c.,

Since

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