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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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two entrusted to the Chinese shipbuilding Yard re-
flects credit on the British Company. The "Kiang
Ta" is described as follows:- Length, 120 feet; beam,
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