Therefore
add the following
statement.
Pracy
carried on.
used to re
from the
very
Waters
of Hong Kong, which was no credit to British Authority. Efforts
are
Therefore being made to repress it, partly by a regulation
of
Native vessels and Horse-holders, and partly by more
efficient control afloat. The Admiralty agreed to allot a Gunboat specially to Hong Kong but explained that she must
be under the orders
of Commodore and not of the Governor. I believe that in
point of fact
one or more
The men of-war are
pretty
sure
to be present at Hong Kong, Gun boat insures force,
but This
special
at least that minimum and can always be reckoned upon without the risk of being Suddenly called off for other service. But not being under the Civil Authorities
and also having but limited speed, she cannot be fit for the Harbor Police duties
of berthing
and watching vessels in the Port, and chasing them if they go out under improper or suspicious circumstances.
Here it may be worth
while briefly
to
point out that
in small vessels, fighting power
and
great speed cannot be united. If heavy guns are
Carried, there must be bulkier
Ammunition,