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In June 1846 Sir I. Davis reported that the Chinese Merchants had withdrawn from thee Offer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