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Dear Sirs,
In reply to your letter of date, I beg to inform you that a stove has been placed on board the 'ASSAM' for the use of Mr. Gandhi and friend and I have written to the commander of the connecting ship at Aden to see that it is kept for their exclusive use.
I note that they considered Rs. 100 a high charge but you will dountless have explained to them that the stove at some inconvinience to the ship and has to be transhipped at Aden, carried to London and brought back again.
Yours faithfully,
Superintendent Penninsular & Oriental Steam Navn. Co.
S.S.Assam, Aden, 11th August, 1893 . I hereby certify that Mr. Gandhi, second saloon passenger on board this steamer has travelled from Bombay to Aden, during which time he has had no food prepared by any one on board but his own private cook.
T.F.Creery Commander . S.S. Himalaya, 18th August, 1893 This is to certify that Mr. Gandhi embarked on board this ship at Aden Ex Assam on the 11th August, 1893 and disembarked at Brindisi on the 18th August, 1893 during which he only had meals cooked by his own cook receiving nothing cooked by any of the ship's company.
Fred Buckland, Purser On 18th, we reached. We went to the city after disembarking. In order to reach London by train, we have to be in the train for two days, so we bought fruits and dry fruits for the journey. We didnot halt anywhere except at Turin in Italy where we had to change trains. We had to
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