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last March it was
was averse
مال
any
evident that Prince hung
disanament, and was
inclined to limit the action of the Imperial
Govemment to preventing vefpelo canying
an
anmament in exceps of that permitted by old but still existing Laws of bhina. The Prince's communication is dated so far back as the 10th February last,
last, and, as
he therein mentioned
that he had sent to the Vice Ray of the Swe Rivang instructions for prohibiting the over
ammament of junko,
and also orders to draw
fup Regulations in conformity with the views
of the Mamin,
J
conceive that the probable
freceipt of those orders farms a sufficient
salution of the Ricetley's conduct.
8. There is however no
adequate
reaso
apparent for his leaving me as long
مت
was
could under the impresion that he acting up to the spirit of the convention into which he had entered, and I must
express my regret that leanaul Robertion did not favor
with earlier information
سلام om
me
subject of such serious moment to
the balony.
9.
Mooresver, I do not in the least redmit that the opinion expressed by bonaul
to the inexpediemcy.or
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impracticability of the proposed disarmament
is entitled to
any
more
weight
now than it
because the
he
would have been.
а
year ago
experiment has virtuvally
never been tried in
bhinese waters and, where it has been
viz in
this balony, not the least difficulty-
except the exertion of the requisite vigilance
tried