Eight months after the Shrutet should be fixed, after which all Chinese Junks should be prohibited from carrying heavy armaments, which (instead of protecting them) only occasion them danger.
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The exact number of Cannon and other weapons which may be legally carried for protection by merchant vessels going to sea has been fixed during the present dynasty.
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...and urging the necessity of taking efficient steps for the issue to all Junks of Ships papers and Certificates, a step which would facilitate the suppression of piracy by the cooperative action of the war ships of Foreign Countries.
...to the practice of official duties in China" issued under Imperial authority. This rule has been made the rule of practice for a very long time, and it would be difficult, therefore, to prohibit the carrying of arms on the...