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7th January, 1907.
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Sir:-
In my despatch No.529 of the 13th ultimo I had
the honour to inform you that the Wai Wu Pu had
agreed to act upon a suggestion which I had made to
the effect that the Commander-in-Chief at Canton
should be instructed to concert measures with the
Commissioner of Customs for the suppression of piracy
in the inland waters.
On the 18th December the Wai Wu Pu informed me
that the Commander-in-Chief had, they understood,
placed himself in communication with the Commissioner
of Customs and that an arrangement was under consid-
eration which would be communicated to the British
and other Consuls.
On the 28th December His Britannic Majesty's
Consul-General at Canton, whom I have kept fully in-
formed of the course of the negotiations, telegraphed
ir Edward Grey, Bart., M.P.
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