for the disarmament
of
Chinese junks with a view to the repression of Piracy
With reference to the enclosed copy of the Instructions issued by the
Vice Admiral to the
Officers in command of the Ships under his orders. I am to request you will inform Lord Stanley that they propose, subject to the instructions given to For Henry Keppel, as stated
in
347
in the letter from the
Admiralty to the Foreign Office dated the 30th April, to approve of Sir Henry Keppel's proceedings, and of the Ability and "Zeal which he has exhibited in carrying
but measured
for the suppression of
Piracy in the China
Seas.
Your obedient servant
J. J. Ranald