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were
nefarious proceedings of the locality within the jurisdiction of this Colony and I have specially brought this case to
notice in the hope that your Excellency may by concerting some joint plan with the Chinese Authorities enable us to effect this most
desirable object, either by the Co-operation of several Gun Boats (one of them having
on board a Mandarin of authority) with a sufficient body of native troops acting simultaneously ashore,
or by any
other
means
which
may be considered most expedient,
for
it
seems intolerable that a number
of
pirates dwelling so
near to this fort and not far
from the provincial City of Canton
should
with
any longer be allowed impunity to commit such outrages against their
Countrymen trading honestly between the Mainland and this fort.
I have, &c.
(Signed) M. S. Nollother, Captain and Senior Officer in command of the Hongkong Division of the
China Station
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