there is no
so
hope at present of it's being enforced. To institute a vigorous search
and inquisitorial cross-examination of vessels visiting & Hongkong, if no similar Search
be insisted
at Canton and the Portuguese Macau, would
be
a suicidal Policy calculated to drive from us
the timid country owners
of the
valuable Native Craft which at present throng our harbors.
9. I presume that H.M's Government is quite willing to Concede that obvious proposition; and I am further quite prepared:
to remain
to prove that this second proclamation was as ineffective as the first.
10.
Some junks
were
an
equally lifeless
measure, And recently searched at
Canton,
without
my privity or the assistance of the Chinese Authorities but through the assistance of a person
whose
name
for obvious reasons I
obliged to withhold. The following is the result of the Number of Stintpato found on board.
No of Junks. No. of Stintpato
1. 3.
2 29.
M. 3.
H. 27.
5 M. Shame junks
Avenue 17.
14.
Total 101.
searched
near the
end of last month, and I am in a