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Above correspondence
Admiralty on the same day they already posed
subjoel.
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It will be perceived copy of this letter and from Sir Hercules Robinson'sours to the F.O.
Despatch A. 119 of the 9th of August that Pirates taken by Officers of Her Majesty's Ships in the neighborhood of the Treaty Port
are
at present delivered over to the Chinese Officials for trial and punishment, and Sir H. Robinson proposed that Pirates taken in the
neighbourhood of Hong Kong
should
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should be similarly handed over when the
Offence has not been
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Committed on
British
Waters
or
afloat
the
property of British Subjects
or upon that of persons
residing
persons
But he proposes that
the delivery should be accompanied by
stipulation
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that the
criminals should not be
tortured and
that the
Consul should be instructed
to report the result of the proceedings in each case.