Adm & 16 act: /86. (9833)
with enclosures
Letter to adm} of that: 166
seaped to Gor. ho. 2 of 26 Buf
Reopet prom Gord ho. 105 of 25 aut
Col: Art ho. 12071865.
9194
I also enclose a copy of
correspondence cut a letter from
the
Board of Admiralty
to whom the draft Ordinance in its
was
draft shape in death. referred, and copies
of other documents
as noted in the
connected
margin with the cubeyond In considering His Law it is remembered that
The state of
Piracy in the China
seas has assumed
such alarming proportions as to justify measures of repression to which under ordinary circumstances
511
circumstances it
would be inadvisable
to resort.
It is alleged
that Hong Kong is a
centre of operations
for these piratical transactions, the absolute freedom of
the port and the large Chinese population rendering it possible for the
Pirates to resort
thither as to a Head
quarters for Arms
and
"stores and for
Receiving
information and
instructions