4. But the Viceroy voluntarily stated that there was a class among the fishing Junks who were given to plundering solitary vessels or vessels in distress, that considering fishing Junks had no valuable cargo to defend, it was unnecessary and in fact illegal for them to carry arms, and he therefore determined to disarm them.
5. I thanked His Excellency for the concession, and expressed a hope that the disarmament of a dangerous class would in time lead the honest traders to voluntarily dispense with the weight and encumbrance of guns.
6. Enest urged the expediency of a Proclamation being issued rendering it illegal for all vessels to carry guns or other offensive weapons, arguing that the missile of war was simply used by Pirates to...
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