J ... has frequently
in the
case of our own Cruisers being interfered with and followed by Pirates, much strengthens Mr Robertson in attributing the decline of Piracy so much to Chinese Junks or that it justifies him in ignoring all that had been previously effected by this Government and her Majesty's
1 Naval Officers
10. As a matter of fact Piracy in the state to which it had been
reduced by this Government and Her Majesty's Naval Forces has remained much the same in 1869 as in 1868 - as appears by
the
analysis
which I enclose of the cases reported
Inclosure 13
here during those two years.
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The
enclosed abstract shews 12 Piracies
in each of those
years
-
and 4 Robberies in Chinese Waters - i.e. trivial boat robberies beyond jurisdiction of the Colony in 1868, and 5 in 1869. Of these 12 Piracies however no less than 7 occurred in the last Quarter of 1869 and the better opinion seems to be that, instead of decreasing, Piracy
owing to the
is again making head owing to the compulsory inactivity of Her Majesty's Naval Forces in actual Chinese Waters.
11. I feel that the statistical information herein supplied must assist your Lordship in obtaining