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the Vice Roy replied that trading vessels, which sail with cargoes representing a large amonit of capital, cannot be for
bidden
to
carry
depriving their
aw
aoneO
armament withent
of the
MALAMO
of
defence, and that the latter would by
such
a cause be
eom
upelled to give up
their business and retive from the pursuit of trade. As regards fishing boats, on the -contrary, these vesels
are in fact prohibited
by the law of China from carrying arous
ammunition; masmuch
cargo
A
having no
valuable property on board,
fishing boat has
a
no occasion for a defensive armament, and it is highly proper there's -fore that such a practice be prohibited, in conformity with the law, and in
order to prevent auch vessels from engaging.
in acts of privacy
at sea.
at
The British
Admiral thoroughly coincided in this
view, and undertook to cooperate in the search of fishing boats for the enforcement. of such a prohibition. Orders bring I therefore ispred to all District Authorities
ano
exercising jurisdiction along the const, to the divisional Commanders
of the Naval! Forces, this Proclamation is in addition
promulgated, for the instruction of all fishermen and others upon the coast. Sit, those who engage in the busines of fishing upon the seas
avocation in a
seas pursue their law-abiding
mannu,
and refrain from clandestinely carrying
small
дино
armo
explosive materials