enclosed Memorandum— as indicating

his views

of the

size

and description of

such suited for the service for which she

is intended_

122—

Mr. Merivale.

vise Lord Grey

Kil land

's instruction after 12 July

Mr. Merivale

tablishment of this Ship repels the Treasury If Lord Grey should think fit to approve, & the Admiralty will have to be consulted, as the repel part entirely.

Brokers.

#m June 20

tarter

Rasinally

I digest to the upchichthy of prering bring

& Jewine for wh the Authent

made & extorial

Nous wal y

Sounde.—

Is September sight

what to the same effect

by die J. Davis, vely that

My meant I Fruch

to have row!

Fonts instind

live dire

"I which will be regimed. converfonding referred to weets for the

commmunit

2. Sep. 14 6

an?

5689. Hongkery. 68

In 1845 a proposal was submitted

to W. M. G by Sir John Davis to fit out two crizers for the suseprapion of piracy in the vicinity of Hong Kong,

Hong Kong, the Chinese Merchants having offered, if

would do so,

part of

to bear the greater

of the expense.

Lord Stanley

authorized Six I. Davis to carry this Scheme into effect.

In June 1846 Sir I. Davis reported that the Chinese Merchants had withdrawn from thee Offer

to hear

a

share in the refecose

of these Prinzers,

and that in

Consequence he had defrayed

out of the Colonial Revenue the

expense of building and fitting

out one Crizzer to be replonge

against Pirates.

When this proposal was

nicated to the Admiralty Lord Gray expressed his scrieres doubts whether as a permanent mease the recepteynent of a licenzen of

description sett

, would be expedient. also whether

acey

repel reployed

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