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"Piracy. I also transmit the opinion of
Ordinance.
the Acting Attorney General on the China.
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Your Graze
will
mo
doubt have been
Enclosure no 2
already prepared by my despatches No 458 10th March, 1568
and No 482. to expect the receipt of some
Ordinance similar to that herewith
enclosed. It
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simply intrusts the Govenor
in Executive lecuncil with a power of
kaming
Orders for the partial or totul
disarmament of all fishing
and
and
trading
Chinese funks they penalties such as the Governer
enforcing those onders
Houncil
in
may impose within the limits
ffriescribed by the Ordinance.
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3.
at the same
time
OLO
the Ordinance
is
Hand
experimental
as well
directed
against
itself based on a policy entirely exceptionals
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class of Foreign vessels, and as,
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it
is
general principles
inexpedient to Confer
on the Executive
are
no
powers which though limited tantamount within those limits to the frewers of a digiolative body, Your Grace will absene that by the 4th Section its
duration is limited to
come
year from the
date of proclamation of the Ordinance.
H.
The Despatches to which I have above referred fully explain the necessity for
devising
"some means to enable this of
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Goverment to keep pace with the excentions
mai
being made by the Chinese Authorities
to put
put down
of a remedy-
Tiracy by the partial adoption
disarmament
of funt's which
has so hequently been suggested by