CO129-439 - Others - 1916 — Page 565

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COPY No. 85286/45x.

Gentlemen,

Foreign Trade Dept.

Lancaster House,

St. James'

560

G.O

50942

REC

REC 25 OCT 16

24th October 1916.

With further reference to your letter of the 9th

instant (AM) relating to the forwarding of the goods

detained at Hong Kong ex 9.9. "Kafue", I am directed by

Viscount Grey of Fallodon to state that he understands that

you have instructed your agents to ask the Government of Hong

Kong to place themselves in the position of shippers and to

consign the carro in question by your 8,8, "Karonga" to His

Majesty's Consul-eneral at Manila.

dis Majesty's Government are unable to accede to

this proposal, and I an to suggest that your proper course is

to insert in the Bill of Lading as shippers the original

shippers, for whom in what you are doing you are acting as

agente of necessity. if you have any objection to adopting

tale course, which would appear to be the obvious one to

follow, you should insert your own names 48 snippers.

8 regards the consignees, Lord Grey considers tast

tae sume method of consignment should be adopted in the

new Bill of Lading us in the former Bill of Lading, and it

appears to him that any alteration either as to the names of

the consignees or as to the method of consignment would be

most undesirable.

I am,

Sir,

The Ellerman & Bucknall

Steamship Co. utd.

5 and 6 Billiter AT.

E.C.

Your most obedient,

humble Servant, (svinek) Walter Townley. the

for

CONTROLLER.