CO129-435 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1916 [9-11] — Page 59

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superintendent of Importe à Exports,

Report on the detention of 8.8. "Iefus'

Manila oango

The British steamer "Kafue" belonging to the Ellerman

4 Bucknell 8.8. 00. Ltd. bound from New York via the Panama

Canal for Hongkong, Kanila and Singapore arrived here or

August 4th. The Kanifest of her Manila cergo was at once exemired, and cargo consigned to enemy firms in Manila who ar

Black on the Statutory List, being discovered, her clearance TAS

st once stopped. Meanwhile e cable had been received from the

British Consul-General at Marila pointing out certain cargo

as consigned to smeny firms. The agents were at once informed

that this cargo and certainly other cargo not then ascertained

must be landed here, they were further requested to ascertain

from Manila the true consigress of all cargo "to order"

in many cases they were able to do.

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This

After examining the manifest very carefully with the

help afforded by numerous Consular reports on German tradere in

Manila and their fences and all the business directories of

Kanila available, the agents were finally informed that 3565

packages must be detained here for further enquiry. The agents

thereupon decided to lend all the Marila oerge into warehouses,

and despatch the 5.5. "Kafue" on her voyage direct to Singapore

transhipping such cargo (15487 packages in all) as was allowed

to go forward to Manila to 8.8. "City of Durban", which was

shortly due from Shanghai in ballast and was originally

intended to proceed to the Philippine Islands to load cargo.

of the cargo detained, 1224 packages were either

consigned to snemy firms or bore their marke, 268 package

were consigned to order" and the real consignees could not

be ascertained at the time, 1881 packages were consigned to

persons known to be fences for ereny firms or to persons whos

nemes could not be found in any business directory, and to wham

suspicion attached. Cargo consigned to the Bank of the