A WEEK'S FIGURES
CONTRABAND CONTROL
(British Official Wireless,)
RUGBY, January 17.
The weekly details of the ships in the three British contraband bases, published today, show that on January 16 there were 31 vessels in the bases, of which 14 had been there for five days or less.
During* the week ended January 13, the Contraband Committee considered the cargoes of 161 ships which had arrived since January 6 and 35 cargoes from the previous week> Of these, 114 entire cargoes were released. Sixty-four cases were dealt with under the system of advance copies of the manifests, and 49 cases of vessels released subject to formal checking of the original manifests. ', During the same period, 3364 tons of miscellaneous goods was detained on evidence of a German destination.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 7
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128A WEEK'S FIGURES Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 7
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