purchase for $27,859.
2 The Admiralty have been requested to credit this sum to the Boughnang Bunds at the hands of the C.A at the current Treasury rate of Exchange for Import payments in the East.
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Per copy to previous Paper.
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in West River and as to measures for suppression of piracy, and as to establishment of Walen Police!
Sir R. Herbert (Minutes).
It is said that since the removal of the consequent ... of the Chimera, the new Custies launches ring to the occupation of ... it has been found necessary to provide the launches for the purpose of patrolling the waters of the Colony & for protecting the junk Traffic (see para 4 of 8382).
Add that Mr Chamberlain would be glad to hear that the system had been extended to other ports affected by the piracy now prevalent, but that no expense for the establishment of ... outside Colony can be borne by Hongkong.
T.CM 27/10 9.6.J
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was been communicated to ... 28/10 att saying it is presumed this ...