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in China Dajituały Lettu,
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speedy and satisfactory
solution of all existing
difficulties may be attained
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"Foreign Merchants
secured from pillage by
pirate boats
the swarms of
every where infest
which
the coast to the great and Manifest injury of
trade.
I avail myself...
Signature: Rutherford Alcock
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Translation
C
DeRing,
1 February, 1868.
The Senior Officer of Kung makes
Communication in reply.
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The Governor has to acknowledge
the receipt of a despatch from
Her Britannic Majesty's Minister
dated December 21, 1867, proposing
that in
Consequence of
the
increased outrages of pirates
and
the urgent necessity for their suppression, a period of
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