ordinance is to prevent the Pirates from frequenting the Harbor of Hong Kong and therewith all that is necessary for supplying themselves
their nefarious undertakings, and, above all, from obtaining information of the movements of Ships on the point of departure, that may enable them the better to
arrange ... carry into effect their ... attack ... the ... plans of against such Ships; and remarking that the attainment of proposed object at Hong Kong will not sufficiently repress the Piracies infesting these Seas, if the vessels committing them
are allowed to resort freely to the Harbor of Macao, you
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conclude by pointing to the necessity of measures similar to those provided in that Ordinance being adopted in this Colony; and supporting this conclusion by various other reasons, which all appear to me most just and proper, Your Excellency expresses your confidence in the co-operation this Government may afford you toward obtaining the effectual repression of Piracy in these regions, as is imperatively demanded by the interests of trade, humanity, and the laws of civilized Nations. I had already occasion, on meeting your Excellency after receipt