6.
will convince
my
your
Grace that
me apprehensions for the maritime Trade of
this Colony
are too well founded.
If the Chinese Authorities
6.
have urt
yet
been able to suppress
there Sea-robbers whilst the
Government was
comparatively strong, how much less will it
be able to offer any opposition in the present state of confucion consequent on the rebellion & Indeed, I fear that this latter may give for a tenfold increase to the piratical fleets already overrunning these waters; and
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my
I have therefore decrmed it duty, by following the footsteps of Sir George Bonham, to matter before your
bring
Grace.
this
7. In His Excellency's despatch already quoted, there is so much detail that but little is left for me to state. And, when it is
laid before your Grace, I have no doubt
its meeting with full and favourable consideration.
8: A
Storeason's
Copy of Captain Horcain's Spb suggestion as to the description of vessel recommended by that officer of the Royal Navy,
able Offic
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