l&t.h K&J'oh

p .ll. 107/8.

HTT/AO.

CAP:I Too.

l&t.h K&J'oh. 1928.

The Seoret.ary tor llinea and Ind11atriea, Cape Town.

W1 t.h nterenoe t.o my ^Jill nut•, Jlo. P .K.

46/3D ot the 7th February laet, regarditlfJ t.he tormation ot a new Borwegian pelagic Whaling Company, l forward herewith, tor your intol"lll&tion, oopy

or

a oontiden ti al

Deapat.oh trom \he Secret.a.r7 of St.at.• tor Dominion Attaire, Doainiona Bo. 83, 4at.ed the l ?th ide, together wi t.h oopi••

ot t.he enolo•ur•• mentioned. therein, aa alao oopy ot

Deapat.oh t'rom the Secretary ot' State ^~or Doai.nion Mt'ai re, Uni on ot So 11t.h 'frl oa, Bo • 31, da

t.u

t.he 4th id•.

SllCRST ART Y<>r'Krl'l!:ZUTAL A BAI RS.

19th Dec.

and ie printed ae Annex I to the enclooed ^Proc~s Verbal. It will be seen from the minutes of the meetinc held on the afternoon of the bth April that

the Committee were of opinion that it was not within their tcrme of reference to coneider proposals of this character, and that their examination of tho draft Convention was therefore confined to matters of a

scientific character. When the subject was considered

by International Council for the Exploration of the

Sea it was decided that the Proc~s Verbal of the

meetings of the Whaling Committee should be circulated to the Governments concerned without comment.

5. Having regard, however, to the terms of the llote from the French Cho.rg~ d' Affo.ires of the 4th J\pril, 1927, it has been thought desirable to furnish the French Government with eome expresoion of the vie~a

of Hi~ liaJeety¹s Jovern.nent in Great Brita~n on the question and I enclose a copy of a Note which was accordingly addressed to the French Ambaecador on the 19th of December last.

I have the honou-r to 'be, Sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,

t1 IOl a~· uOUTH

pominions +.o.

Con! i dent i nl

4th

Sir,

Downing Street,

17

Februury, 1928.

I have the honour to transmit, for the info:nnation of Hie llajesty' e Government in the Union of South ^Africa~ the accompanying copy of the

Proc~s Verbal of meetinas of the Whaling Committee of the Internatione.l Council for the Exploru.tion of the Sea, which were held in Paris in April last.

2. It will be seen from pages l2 to lo of the encloGed Proc~s VerLal that at the first meeting of the Committee a statement was made by the repreoentative of Great Britain regarding the wor~ of the "Discovery"

Expedition, and in this connection I would invit"

/

referencr> to rey despatch to the Governor General

Dominions .No.370 of the 27th June, 1927.

3. I enclose also a copy of a note from the

~rench Charg~ d'Affairee in London, which was received

~ immediate~ prior to the n.eetinge of the Whaling

Comi:iittee forwarding the draft of a Convention for the

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international control of whaling outside territorie.l v.•aters •

4. This draft Convention, which was prepared by a French Interdepartmental Commieeion, wae orought

be!ore the W'naling Committee at their meetings in April, and THE li.U.ISTER OF EJC:ERNAL A.c'.FAIR3,

t.il~IOU OF SOUTH AFRICA.

UIII

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~IC/. Domiing Street,

Fobrun.r;i,, 1~28.

Sir,

\11th reference to r:i.y doe o.tch Uo.17 of the 17th of January, relative to the reported forme.tlon of a new llor .. egian pelagic who.ling compan~, I ho.vo tho

honour to state that tho Governor of the ~¹al1rlo.nd Islands has reported by telegraph th~t he ,Ls inforrod on the 8th January by tt.e Llanager of tho Ornon 1naling Compe.ny that tho

s. s.

"Lancing". which hE a boen conducting !-Ola.tjic T>haling operations in Southern and Antcrctic waters,

already h d n .full ship load of 47,COO b8rrel~ of oil and \'7as on the point of leaving for ~uropc ana that three moro floating factories r.ore under construction in Nor.ay for uce in pelagic whaling in the wntero of the l!¹nlkland Ial nds ~eper.dencies and in tho Ross Son.

I have the honour to bo, Sir,

Your most obeaient, humble eervo.n t .

urau.: OF ... Ou'.:H ~~.l''RICA.

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i '\la ret•rence to my n t.e o! t.he

l~t.b .December, .19'?, 1 torwarci .bare•i 'tll, fer you.r intorma\lon, eop7 of a co-unicatioa 1•••4 by UM

»r1tiah Department ot cweraeae Tra4e, rela~ive to a Worweglan Preas report J'eg&rding the tormation of a new

Norwegian pelaglo 11ha11ng c~·

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?th bru ry, 1928.

th rererence to my n te of the 13th Dec ber, 1927, l !orw rd rewith, for yo11r i~ormntion, copy of n co unic tion ia u d by th

r1t1Sh Depart;::cnt of rseaa Trad , rel tive to a or g1nn Preeo report regarding the ro~tion of a new Norwegian laglc whaltn c any.

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January, 1928.

9th December:-

Sir,

With reference to Kr.Amery's despatch to the Governor General No.3 of the 10th January, 1927, I have the honour to transmit, for tho information of His Majesty's Government in the Union of South Africa, the

accompanying copy of a communication issued by the Department of Overseas Trade relative to a No~egia.n

Presa report regarding tho formation of a new .Norwegian pelagic whaling company.

I have the honour to be,

obedient,

humble Servant,

J

THE lUIUSTER OF EXTERUAL AF.FAIRS, UlUON OF SOUTH AFRICA.

I

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PRETORIA.

I o§jfIWITIAL. I

13\h Decembe:r, 192'7.

The Seoretary tor llin••

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In4111\r1••·

Pretoria.

In oont.inua i i on ot my llin11t.e ot th• 5th Jlebr1.1&ry, 192?, I rorwar4 h•r••1 \h a oop7 of th• X1n11t.•1

ot

an ln\erd91»ar~ental Cont•rence on the q~eation of international oontrol ot 'Whaling, ll•ld in LODdon on ^the l:?lh Oo\obtt, 1927.

I ale o encloee a o opy ot a let. wr acl4reen4 by the Dominions Cfttce to the Seore\ary,

ottio• et

tile High Coaniaeioner tor tM Union of So11th Atl'ioa, dahcl BOT•ber, l

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etber theoe doc~ents ho.ve been sent to you by the

Do::Uniona Office, for your information or with the reqaeat to tranB?:li t them to the union Govern:ien t. All corr••- pondence from the Dominions Office tor the Utlion Go...ern-

~en t has eo tar been ^~dreased to the Minieter of External Aff'nire di re ct.

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DEPARTMEBT OP EX'l'ER.&AL AFJ'AIRS,

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CONFIDEl!'i'I/J,.

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13th December, 1~7.

The Acting Secretary,

Of£1ce of the High Commissioner tor the Union of South Africa,

Trnfalgar Square, .London.

I have to acknowledge the receipt ot yoLtr Confidential Jlinute,

no.

12/361 of the 17th P.ovember, 1927, on the subject of the Control of Whaling operatio11!3

outside territorial waters.

ith exception of the Confidential Minute dated November, 1927, addressed to you and the W.nutee ot the Interdepartmental Conference on the question ot inter- national control of vmallng, held on the 12th Cctober, 1927, all the ocwiento reached thie office through the Governor-General's Office on the 5th February, 1927.

I shall be glad if you will let e know hether these doc1m1ente have been sent to you ^by the

Dominions Office, for your information or with the request to traneoi t them to the union Govern:Jen t. All corree- pondence from the Dominions Office tor the Union Govern- ment hns so fur been addreaeed to the JJ!niator ot External

Af:Caire direct.

TolojllioflOI llC:CENT •760,

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please quoto when replying,

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ALL COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD el ADDRUSEOll-

THE SECRETARY.

0''10E 0, THC HIQH C.OMMllllON£R ,OR THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA, TRAFALGAR SQUARE, LONDON, W.C. 2.

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~i.th refcri.;:nce to P1n1.stur•s !!1.nute l~o. 331 dated the 27th April, 1926, on the ElUbj ct of t.hA control of whalin5 operA.ti~ns outside ter1•1tor1al waters, I he.ve the 'hono·1r to enc-lose a copy of a let.ter rece1v~d fror!l the T)ornin11"1M Office, no:l 0.11 the ranutes refer.red to th~Nin.

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at our r qu et to this ye r•e oet1n • A e cxplnincd in our st report, e wish d to ho.ve an opportunity ot die cue sin • the queotion w1 th the Coloninl Ott1ce

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exch n of vicwe with tho.t lJepnrtrlent, nd we were

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