lead the honest trader to voluntarily dispense with the weight and-
hamper of guns.-
The View Thos The Vice Roy maintained
that a regular register
was kept
of all Native vessels, and that a ink detained by one of our Cruisers could readily prove her occupation : _ 8. I was unable therefore to press the matter..
G.
If the Government have in sexlity an efficient System of registration; it will surely be practicable to supply the Commanders of the Foreign Vessels (who are engaged to co-operate in the r suppression of piracy) with n
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translation from the Chinese Shipping List, showing the number of each junk; the owner's noune and residence, whether employed trading or fishing, stating particularly the number of guns
s and crew they
allowed to
10.
was
carry.
were
When a Native vessel
found to be armed without permission, or otherwise committing breach of the law that would
any
-justify her detention as a su
Suspected
pirate, such vessel should be handed over to the native authorities.
with their concurrence: -
11.
I impressed upon the Vice
s
Roy that Her Majesty's Officers