5. Letter to the Agents asking them to advise their Branch Office of me ship's expected arrival at their port

Stockholm, 17th November, 20 . . .

Messrs. Swenson & Co., Ship Agents, Bangatan 10,

Stockholm, Sweden.

Dear Sirs,

Re: 1500 tons of Sugar under B/L No. 172, consigned to order, by m/v ''Krasheninni-kow"

In accordance with the Charterer's instructions my vessel the m/'v "Krashenmnikov" will leave your port tomorrow at 15.00 hours for Nyrmshamn to discharge the above mentioned cargo there.

Please instruct your Branch Office at Nynashamn to make all the necessary arrangements for berthing and discharging my ves­sel as well as advising the Consignees and all concerned in due time.

Yours faithfully,

S.N. Soloviev

Master of the m/v "Krasheninnikov"

6. Statement of completion of loading

Bordeaux, 27th May, 20 . . .

STATEMENT

Loading of the m/v "Argun" has been done in full compliance with my proforma cargo plan and I have received full and complete quan­tity of cargo, viz.: 1571 metric tons of Coal.

The draft of my vessel after completion of loading complies with the navigation requirements during summer-time, i. e. Fore: 5.55 met­res; Aft: 6.02 metres; Mean: 5.78 metres with allowance of 2,5 inches for the density of sea water.

The vessel is loaded to my entire satisfaction and quantity of car­go received to my computation. Trimming effected satisfactory.

K. A. Pavlov

Master of the m/v "Argun"

7. Letter certifying that loading of the ship has been completed and no more cargo is required

London, 29th November, 20 . . .

Messrs, Harry Cross & Co., Ship Agents,

17 Black Friars Street,

London, E. C. 3.

Dear Sirs,

This is to certify that the loading of my ship "Sukhona" commenced on the 23rd of November, 20 . . ., at 8.00 a. m. and was completed on the 29th of November, 20 . . , at 3.30 p. m.

The ship is fully loaded and no more cargo required. Trim­ming effected satisfactory.

Yours faithfully,

S. L. Glazov

Master of the m/v "Sukhona"

8. Letter informing of pilferage of goods

Bombay, December 22, 20 . . .

Messrs. R. W. Capore & Co., Stevedoring Company,

c/o Messrs. S. K. Tarayana & Bros., Ship Agents,

46 Quarantine Road,

Bombay, India.

Dear Sirs,

I regret to inform you that today, at 1.20 p. m., while the stevedores were out for a dinner break, a Watch Sailor making an in­spection round in Hold No. 1 came across a bale of Calico the pack­ing of which had been cut through.

The Watch Officer to whom this fact was reported imme­diately called for the Chief Stevedore and the Custom Officer. On checking the contents of that bale they found a shortage of one piece of Calico, 40 yards long. An appropriate statement of facts has been drawn up; a copy of this statement is herewith enclosed.

As before the commencement of discharging the contents of all the holds had been submitted to the Chief Stevedore and the Customs Officer for inspection and the goods had been found to be in proper condition and in intact packing, suspicions arose against the stevedores working in that hold.

Under these circumstances I have to request you to inves­tigate this matter and, if the stolen piece of Calico is not found, to compensate the owners for the loss incurred.

Yours faithfully,

А. M. Malty

Master of the m/v 'Pula"

Encl. copy of the Statement.