upon
which
you
are
much better able to
to form
ай
opinion than I and, I shall be glad to receive any) proposal or suggestion you may be to good as to afford
me on this important question,
deeply affecting the interests of the Colony .
When I have had the honor of your
reply, , it is my intention to address Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies on
this subject,
and I trust. His Grace will, in
consequence, be pleased to give
directions such as
will greatly tend to the diminution of the atrocities
which are constantly being perpetrated by the
hordes of Pirates infecting this island, as well as
the whole of the adjacent coasts.
I have, &c.
Wm. (Signed) Won Jervois.
Acting Governor.
(True Spy 1,
Copy
Sir.
of
斥
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4. M. Ship Spartan"," Arug Kong, 15th April, 1858.
I have the hours to acknowledge
the receipt of your bxcellency's letter
this day's date, requesting my
pinion as to the best moder
suppressing
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waters.
you
of daily
of
the Pracies which are
recurrence in these
In reply, I by leave to
that
have had
inform
from the opportunities ! of forming His celleney Speel
an opinion
Major General Jeronis, K. A.,
Acting Governor,
Hongkong-