it . In respect to the discharge of Seamen.
in
The China Ports have to
inform you
Comme
that I have
communicated with the
Lords Comm. of the Admiralty and that their Lordships
have in consequence
issued instructions to the Naval Commanding Officer in the China Sea Board to inform him that on no account will Seamen discharged from H.M.'s ships on that portion of the E. I. Station be allowed to go ashore within the
Chinese Territory.
These
instructions with regard to Seamen of the Royal Navy or Merchant
and
are concerned completely meet Sir H. Pottinger's
views as far as the Seamen of the Royal Navy or Merchant
ex regards
and other Seamen the
legislative powers vested
in
in you and your Council are wide enough to
enable
you to make all
necessary regulations for their government at Hongkong and in all Chinese Ports. I leave it, therefore, to you
to introduce such regulations as experience may
show to be
necessary but I impressed on you the importance
of avoiding all interference which may
not be
absolutely indispensable and where it cannot
be avoided of framing them
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