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vigilance in preventing
the Rebels against
the Chinese Imperial Government from
arms and munitions of
being provided with
Har and that for this
for
the
Ca
icador
permission
export of such articles from Hong Kong only granted under authenticated
certificates for lawful use, given by the proper Chinese Authorities. Your Excellency concludes by stating that, if I would certify that the Lorcha is employed in legitimate trade
and that the
guns
are
for her armament-
the most remote
there not
being
possibility
>
the
Service/
of any
of their passing
to
ammunition
of the Imperial Government of China, You will gladly grant the license applied for by
Mr. Percira
Knowing as I fully acknowledge the
willingness of Your Excellency in this affairs, and for which I feel greatly indebted. I
beg however, Your Excellency's permission to
concerning, will deserve all your
make certain observations
which appear to
consideration.
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I think that the simple fact of
guns coming
to Macao brings their
the
exportation within the letter of the instructions which Your Excellency had
the goodness to communicate to the possibility of then
the
enemies
of China
going afterwards to
cannot be imputed
breach of these instructions
not be of these very guns
conveyed to such
were
nies from
not subject to British rule-
as it would
forthwith