I have received your letter regarding the difficulty in capturing well-armed junks using a small number of police, suggesting that a gunboat would be more effective.
It is of little use sending out one or two pop-guns with a few police to capture well-armed junks.
Hong Kong, 21 October 1863
Foreign Office, October 23, 1868
Circular to: Gibraltar, Cape, Mauritius, Ceylon, Straits, Hong Kong, Singapore, Cape Town, B. Columbia/Falkland Islands - 10 hours
To be communicated to you by the F. Co. (Foreign Office).
Directed to be sent to you.
The undersigned is directed to transmit to you a copy of a despatch from Lord Stanley to Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Vienna, reporting that the naval expedition to Eastern Asia projected by the Austrian Government has started from Trieste.
I am, Sir, your most obedient, humble servant,
Colonial Office
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