Junks &c : &o:
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successful in 11 instances and 32
Pirate's
Agents
brought to justice.
of whom five
were tried at
and three were
Phong trong(?) The remaining
by
hereg(?) Vide Governor's despatch No. 312 of 28th June
36
were duly
decapitated
by the Chinese authorities - but
even when the Gunboats do come
up with the Pirate
Junks, the
Pirates generally
continue to
escape.
On reaching
shore they
abandon
vessels.
10.
It is nevertheless very
satisfactory for
me to be able to
report that there has been no
reason to suppose that in
any of the enclosed cases
the pirate Junks
were fitted out, or
their expeditions planned at
Wong Hong, which nevertheless was
notorious, when I arrived here,
being the Head Quarters of the
worst Pirates and the depot
where they
drew their supplies-
The combined with the
discontinuance of the attacks on
Foreign vessels must be
very satisfactory to Your Grace, and I confess that I am thereby greatly
encouraged to continue
my exertions,
chiefly attributed to the recent legislation for registering of all native craft, combined with the system of marking
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