CO129-437 - Public Offices - 1916 — Page 451

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July 7 JUL 1916

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of 3ir lyre

Crowe's Despatch No. 451 (99434,X) of June 3rd transmitting

a despatch from the Governor of Hongkong reporting on the

cargo of the ss. "Indrasasha" vis Hongkong to New York.

In order that any irregularities of shipmento may be

checked here, it is, I think, strongly advisable that a

copy of the ship's manifest or a statement showing the

consignments of prohibited articles should be forwarded to

me from Hongkong by mail.

The voyage from Hongkong to Kew York requires approxi-

mately three months, and even on the re-opening of the Panama

Canal will take hardly less than eight weeks. The reports

of cargoes should accordingly reach me in ample time before

the arrival of the steamer, and there does not seem to be

occasion for reporting shipments by telegraph.

I have the honour to be with the greatest respect,

31r.

Your most obedient

humble servant,

His Majesty'a Principal Secretary

of State for Foreign Affairs,

Foreign Office,

London.

C. Clive Bayley.