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as well
He lives
as whe
F
Her Majesty's
Subjects in this Colony will be placed
in the absence of adequate motiction
which
CALL
only be afforded by Steaman,
4 is allunt unncsician for
to point out to
Larger
your
Aucunec
it is notorious that
bcellency the
the Erlony, very large and
howaful fict of Pirates is assembled in the vicinity of Tien pack ready to
take advantage of am pantunity
plunder a revenge.
There
are also ther bodies of Pirates close to this ~ Harbour in a Northerly direction capturing and plundering daily the smaller vessels entering the Port.
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It also
may be known to your
heellency that owing to the great scarcity of Rice and other necessaries
of Life large numbers of the poorer classes of the people in the neighboring provinces of Quang. tung, and Quangece
Quanges are dying
ni a Muiaus
from starvation, and have recitin to piracy and robbery of support which may at any intment be extended to this settlement; while in the City of
Canton so great is the distress that serious outbreaks are
apprehended
property
during which the valuable in the Freign Faetrics muust present powerful temptations to plunder. -