CO129-314 - Public Offices - 1902 — Page 367

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12 June 102

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Sir:

FOREIGN OFFICE

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June 21st 902.

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I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to

acknowledge the receipt of your despatch dated April

28th last reporting the circumstances connected with

the arrest of the steamship "Kaifong" at Cebu.

I am to inform you that a letter has been re-

ceived from Messrs. John Swire and Sons of Billiter

Square containing further particulars on the subject.

It appears that the Stowaways were discovered by

the Ship's Officers (European) and their presence re-

ported to the Authorities. Messrs. Swire and Sons

consider that the action of these officers exonerated

them in the eyes of the Authorities from any conniv-

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ance at the attempted infringement of the American

regulations, for otherwise the steamer, or her value,

would most probably have been impounded. They regard

the imposition of what, under the circumstances, ap-

J. M. Sinclair Esq.,

Acting British Consul,

Manila.

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