for a wvan & this
two or three
several torpedo lying idle at Whampoa,
have of
2
boats
or that a
mixed crews
should be put
seamen and (Chinese)
board
under the concerned
Naval Office of
this service. But I shall not
pay without receiving your instructions.
6. In the course
of Conversation, Li
Hung Chang & expressed
his views of
settling
the difficulty with the inhabitants
of
the
West River district by
Exterminating Them. I pointed out that however effectual it might be,
such
an operation would result in Loss of
revenue,
and suggested that - The patrolling river,
and compelling towns where pirated goods
& cattle
were permitted to land, and there known as the home of the pirates to pay the amount of the