4.
4.
In fact arly a few prisoners
to have been lasten and
they
Qeem
chiefly
females. It is also observable that a large
force mumbering many
Aveu
chundred. Chinese
hund
afraid to cress the island of Past shuei
or advance in chase of the fur Pirates
left lill supported and led by
British.
5.
seme 30
On the whole the copedition has been a complete failure so far as regards the crippling of the pirates by depriving them of their weapons and thin vesels,
whilst on the other hand it
regarded
as
a
may be
complete success in
rhitting the willingness of the Chinese Geomument to cooperate in them now
way
with others in putting down
· Pracy.
... L &ནུམྨཱ ཨི ། ནུ ་ "• འ"-ནྡྷསྶ''
6. If the thiuse Aucharities can
be induced to
440
enly
garrison from time to time
by
the plows of mat frequent resort Oriales, and if a Squadron of 12 gunboats
under the orders of an active Commander
лися
e for live gears
even employed in
dearing the seas I do not see how it would be posible for the pirates to hold
their own or
prove then rocation wich any reasouble- prospect of masting it a
1 profitable
one, whilst a
general:
disarmament
of all linding spels or pass of confiscation as 20m as it could with justice be decreed, would probably complelety uproot the last remnant of the system...
I have the hover to be
Yun
Sir,
most obedient serioust,
Ruhad Grams Mardonnell
Governor.