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Mr. Bonham
May 31. 1848.
Victoria Hong Kong
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2. Enclosures
with native Crafts. Vessels, employed as Convoy, interference of the Masters of
Relation to unauthorized
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In 1848 Wonj
Diplomatic Depart
Government Notification
Whereas the attention of Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary &c. has been called to the fact that British Vessels have heretofore been employed in convoying Chinese Junks on voyages along the coast of China, & inasmuch as it has also been represented that acts of very questionable legality, have latterly taken place while such Convoys were so employed: Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary &c. deems it right to direct the attention of the masters of such convoy to the serious risk & grave responsibilities to which they subject themselves while engaged in this service on their own Authority, & to remind them that
they