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states that

A recent article in a Hongkong paper

piracles and river robberies are almost of daily oc-

currence in the Canton Delta. These it attributes

to the disastrous floods of last June which have de-

prived many people of any other resource.

Admiral Li himself is optimistic as to the result

of his measures and hopes with the advent of the four

new patrol vessels to inaugurate a severe campaign

against the pirate gangs. In the meantime he has is-

sued a proclamation recommending that craft on the

West River should carry a more adequate equipment of

defensive weapons and carry out more carefully the

search for weapons among passengers coming on board.

The first of the four cruisers for patrol work

was launched on the 10th September and named the

"Kiang Ta". She with her sister ship the "Kiang

Chi" are the two vessels for which the contract was

given to the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown

Company and their completion in advance of the other

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flects credit on the British Company. The "Kiang

Ta" is described as follows:- Length, 120 feet; beam,

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