by

Foreign men of War,

Admiral Bell proposes that for any Piracy committed

on European Vessels within

30 miles of the Coast of China

(excepting such as occur within

I Nautical Mile of Stong Kong

380

shall have taken place.

Ir briefly then, the

disarmament of Junks, Complete

or

partial,

a

system of registration

and the limitation of the

numbers of the

Crew, all to

be effected by the Chinese themselves without any assistance

or interference

an

Indemnity

Should

be paid

out

of

the

Customs Revenue, the amount

to be adjudged by

a

Mixed

Court held at the Treaty

Port

nearest to the spot

where such

Act of Piracy

shall have taken place,

claims for indemnity in any

case

where a

ship under a

Foreign Flag shall be seized

by

Pirates within 30 miles of

the Coast, are

the measures

shall

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