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placed under the control of the Custome and that the
Viceroy had withdrawn the consent he had previously given
to the employment of foreigners subject to the Admiral's
approval, I saw the Ministers of the wai wu Pu on the 25
January and again strongly pressed them to place the
patrolling of the River in the hands of the Custore.
They thought it possible that an arrangement might
be made by which six launches should be put entirely
under the control of the Gustoas. The veasels would be
nominally regarded as Revenue Gruleers but they would be
manned and equipped as the dustons sar fit and they
could be used in convoying merchant vessels and in main-
taining a patrol of the River between the Treaty Ports.
Mr.Mansfield to whom this proposal was communiorted
considered it the best obtainable, but he thought there
should be a definite understanding that the Cruisera vere
to operate motively against pirates. The Launches which
are now being built at Hongkong for the Canton Goverusent
would not, Hr. Kanafield added, have sufficient spoed for
the purpose and he suggested that the patrolling should
include the North and East Rivers and important creaks,
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