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make a confidential report on the subject, as I thought such a vessel might perhaps be intended for kidnapping operations. Though Captain Thomsett's report, a copy of which I have the honour to transmit to
Your Lordship, gives good character to this particular vessel, I have instructed him not to relax his vigilance in making searching enquiries respecting every ship bound from Hongkong for those islands.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most Obedient humble servant,
Governor.
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