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even when the Captain and engineer are pinioned down, the vessel goes on as before. Then they arrive at a lonely place they disembark and escape with their booty, nobody of the ship's company daring to seise and detain them.
The patrol vessels on the various sections of the waterway, in the excitement of the moment, have no chance of taking precautions (s10: what is presumably meant is "of rendering assistance").
"The attacks on British steam-launches on the "est River have always come about in the manner above stated. The former viceroy s'en drew up tules in communication with the foreign Consuls and the Commissioners of Customs forbidding steamers to take up passengers except at stated places, where, at the sharf, there would be lighters: and passengers would be obliged to go first on to the lighter, to be examined for arme by the police, before being allowed on board the steamer. This is the way to get right at the root of the matter. I am now consulting with the formis- aioners of customs and will not fail to produce satisfac- tory rules for the protection both of foreigners and Chi- nese and the prevention of further piracy.
"I should add that each river-way already has its patrol boats, end is divided into sections. I have issued instructions to all these patrol boats to take strict pre- cautions. I also intend to have fourteen new river
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gunboats built at Hongkong, which, when completed, will be stationed on the Test River as patrol vessels.
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"76 regards the river beyond Tuchow, I have instructed the Teotal and prefect to see that the Kuangsi river-patrol- boats and naval guard-boats exercise efficient protection.
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