CO129-305 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [5-7] — Page 633

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ENCLOSURE 5

F.B.M. Consulate,
Manila, P.I
28th May, 1901.

623

Sir,

I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 1095 of 14th instant (which reached me on the 26th.) enclosing a letter from the Acting Harbour Master at Hongkong complaining of the arrival of two seamen from this port without conveyance orders. I am of opinion that these men were not entitled to conveyance orders as certainly one was in possession of means on the day of leaving here. I paid their passages personally out of my own pocket and offered to pay for the expenses of the second until shipped from Hongkong as they would probably both have been imprisoned as vagrants here in a few days and given more trouble than this Consulate has time for, as I am at present single-handed.

I am deporting a man named McNab to Hongkong by this or next mail, at the request of the U.S. Authorities.

More than six months have elapsed since he left his ship, in consequence of which he is not a distressed seaman and will have no conveyance order. He is being

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Copy. ENCLOSURE 5 F.B.M. Consulate, Manila, P.I 28th May, 1901. 623 Sir, I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 1095 of 14th instant (which reached me on the 26th.) enclosing a letter from the Acting Harbour Master at Hongkong complaining of the arrival of two seamen from this port without conveyance orders. I am of opinion that these men were not entitled to conveyance orders as certainly one was in possession of means on the day of leaving here. I paid their passages personally out of my own pocket and offered to pay for the expenses of the second until shipped from Hongkong as they would probably both have been imprisoned as vagrants here in a few days and given more trouble than this Consulate has time for, as I am at present single-handed. I am deporting a man named McNab to Hongkong by this or next mail, at the request of the U.S. Authorities. More than six months have elapsed since he left his ship, in consequence of which he is not a distressed seaman and will have no conveyance order. He is being

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1 Copy. ENCLOSURE 5 0.0. F.B.M.Consulate, Manila, P.I 28th. May, 1901. 623 Sir, I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No.1095 of 14th. instant (which reached me on the 26th.) enclosing a letter from the Acting Farbour Master at Fongkong complaining of the arrival of two seamen from this port without conveyance orders. I am of opinion that these men were not entitled to conveyance orders' as certainly one was in possession of means on the day of leaving here. I paid their passages personally out of my own pocket and offered to pay for the expenses of the second until shipped from Fongkong as they would probably both have been imprisoned as vagrants here in a few days and given more trouble than this Consulate has time for, as I am at present singlehanded. I am deporting a man named Mc.Nab to Fong- Kong by this or next mail, at the request of the U.S. Authorities. More than six months have elapsed since he left his ship, in consequence of which he is not a dis- tressed seaman and will have no conveyance order. Fe is being

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ENCLOSURE 5

0.0. F.B.M.Consulate,

Manila, P.I

28th. May, 1901.

623

Sir,

I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your

letter No.1095 of 14th. instant (which reached me on the

26th.) enclosing a letter from the Acting Farbour Master

at Fongkong complaining of the arrival of two seamen from

this port without conveyance orders. I am of opinion that

these men were not entitled to conveyance orders' as

certainly one was in possession of means on the day of

leaving here. I paid their passages personally out of my

own pocket and offered to pay for the expenses of the

second until shipped from Fongkong as they would probably

both have been imprisoned as vagrants here in a few days

and given more trouble than this Consulate has time for,

as I am at present singlehanded.

I am deporting a man named Mc.Nab to Fong-

Kong by this or next mail, at the request of the U.S.

Authorities.

More than six months have elapsed since he

left his ship, in consequence of which he is not a dis-

tressed seaman and will have no conveyance order. Fe is

being

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