Dup. of C.S.O. 1.97.8.
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Rong, 3rd April 1872.
Received 10th April 1872.
Captain Superintendent Watter M. Deane
to
Acting Colonial Secretary Hon. J. Clemente Smith
Forwarding for the information of H.E. the Governor
a return of Piracies on the High Seas and Robberies in Chinese Waters that have taken place since the 1st January 1870 up to the present date.
Endorsed: Not in Governor Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell's Dispatch No. 97 of 3rd April 1872.
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Police Office,
28 March 1872.
hour
I have the honor to forward you
for the
Governor
the information of this Commandery the returns of Piracies on the High Seas and Robberies in Chinese Waters that have taken place since the 1st January 1870 up to the present date.
To this I have appended a précis of
Inspector Bate's reports, a sketch of Mirs Bay and the Neighbourhood of Samy King, and statements of the junks
usually employed in making piratical attacks.
It is impossible by a mere analysis
of
the reports entered in the Piracy Book to obtain a proof as to the existence of an organised system of
piracy.
M.M. Deane
Captain Superintendent of Police.