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to which Pratical craft
are now
protected.
enjoy the privilege of canying Munitions
fof
wvar
the
disarmament of any one clafs
only of bhinese repels greatly
frisk of their
being
increases the
attacked because the
Pirates are not affected by anything shart
Lof a general
mun
чегомо
сандого
disarmament, whilst the
body of fishing repels, where
are often of quat value become
more exposed than ever to predatory
attacks.
8
Nevertheless though the butter
at first suffer, still a
step
may in the right direction will have been taken, and the very fact of any increased depredation fishing bouts following the firepresed partial disaminment and resulting therefrom.
on
must.
€
Encloome H.
eventually furnish an argument for
making
dis unnament more
general,
ao a
retrogade policy would probably not meet support hereafter.
9.
I now enclose a communication
uni
from bonoul Robertson corning draught of a Proclamation proposed to be ipued bey the Vice Roy for the disarmament of. sishing repils - such disarmament to tatte place from the 19th of July next. I have taken advantage of the bonsul's
him the expediency. presence here to press
com
if posible, of inducing the Vice. Hay to consider the practicability of embracing in his proclamation a prohibition of the caniage of Stink Toto by any vefsel trading or fishing. Such implements are
whether
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