An
Chinese law against
armament of junks
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to legislate for the two Kwang
provinces, sought
an interview
with the Viceroy, who received
the
have been
reviewed and that
the
Minister Superintendent
of
Trade for the Northern and
Southern Ports,
as
also the
Governor General of the maritime
Provinces have been directed to
give effect to the same.
On
the
2. Acting
on information received from
Your Excellency at Peking, acquainting me with the
discretionary power granted
to the Viceroy at Canton
with much
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cordiality,
Introducing the subject
of Registration and Disarmament,
His Excellency
acquainted me that
Registration existed as a system in China, and that he was not
prepared to disarm
trading junks, fearing that
such a
course would more
than ever expose
them to
piratical attack.
4. But
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