CO129-445 - Public Offices - 1917 — Page 45

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Misc. 1347.

ALL COMMUNICATIONS

TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE

GROWN AGENTE FOR THE GOLONIED,

THE ABOVE REFERENCE AND THE

DATE OF THIS LETTER SEINO QUOTED.

TELEGRAMB,"OROWN, LONDON."

TELEPHONE 7780 VIDTORIA.

"Confidential".

34258

REC?

k.

REG 6 JUL 7

4, MILLBANK,

WESTMINSTER,

42

LONDON, S.w. 1.

4th July, 1917.

Sir,

I have the honour to state that the P,& O. service

to the Malay Peninsula and China has been suspended from the

beginning of June, 1917, until further notice. The Company

offered to carry our passengers to Bombay and to arrange for

the issue of rail tickets thence to Calcutta or Negapatam,

whichever port might be more suitable in each case, and for

a further passage from one of these ports to Penang,

Singapore, or Hong Kong. We have considered the relative

cost and advantages of this and alternative routes, and find

that the only other route now open with a regular service is

by the steamers of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. We estimate the

relative cost of passages as follows:-

To Penang or Singapore.

1st class officers.

Bombay)

2nd class A rate by P. & 0. mail to Bombay)

and thence first class

Nippon Yusen Kaisia

£52.18.10

(or via Negapatan

£47. 2. 4)

(plus detention

allowance in India)

£60. 0. 0

£54. 0. 0

or by certain steamers

2nd class officers.

2nd class B rate by P.& 0. to Bombay

and thence 2nd class

Nippon Yusen Kaisha

or by certain steamers

(or via Megapatam

£41.16. 1 €35.11. 2)

(plus detention

allowance in India)

£40. 0. 0

£36. 0. 0

Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.