CO129-010 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1843 — Page 19

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BY CHARLES ELLIOT, &c., &c., &c.,

A PROCLAMATION,

It is hereby declared to the merchants and traders of Canton and all parts of the Empire, that they and their ships have free permission to resort to and trade at the port of Hongkong, where they will receive full protection from the high officers of the British nation: and, Hongkong being on the shores of the Chinese empire, neither will there be any charges on imports and exports payable to the British government.

And it is further clearly declared, that there will be an immediate embargo upon the port of Canton and all the large ports of the empire, if there be the least obstruction to the freedom of Hongkong,

Persons bringing information to the British officers which shall lead to the detection of Pirates will be liberally rewarded; and the pirates will be taken and delivered over to the officers of the Chinese government for punishment.

At Macao, this 7th day of June, 1841,

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BY CHARLES ELLIOT, &c., &c., &c., A PROCLAMATION, It is hereby declared to the merchants and traders of Canton and all parts of the Empire, that they and their ships have free permission to resort to and trade at the port of Hongkong, where they will receive full protection from the high officers of the British nation: and, Hongkong being on the shores of the Chinese empire, neither will there be any charges on imports and exports payable to the British government. And it is further clearly declared, that there will be an immediate embargo upon the port of Canton and all the large ports of the empire, if there be the least obstruction to the freedom of Hongkong, Persons bringing information to the British officers which shall lead to the detection of Pirates will be liberally rewarded; and the pirates will be taken and delivered over to the officers of the Chinese government for punishment. At Macao, this 7th day of June, 1841, 17

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- BY CHARLES ELLIOT, &c., &c., &c., A PROCLAMATION, It is hereby declared to the merchants and traders of Canton and all parts of the Empire, that they and their ships have free permission to resort to and trade at the part of Hongkong, where they will receive full protection from the high officers of the British nation: and, Hong- kong being on the shores of the Chinese empire, neither will there be any charges on imports and exports payable to the British government. And it is further clearly declared, that there will be an immediate embargo upon the port of Canton and all the large ports of the empire, if there be the least obstruction to the freedom of Hongkong, Persons bringing information to the British officers which shall lead to the detection of Pirates will be liber- ally rewarded; and the pirates will be taken and deliver- ed over to the officers of the Chinese government for punishment. At Macao, this 7th day of June, 1841, 17

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BY CHARLES ELLIOT, &c., &c., &c.,

A PROCLAMATION,

It is hereby declared to the merchants and traders of Canton and all parts of the Empire, that they and their ships have free permission to resort to and trade at the part of Hongkong, where they will receive full protection from the high officers of the British nation: and, Hong- kong being on the shores of the Chinese empire, neither will there be any charges on imports and exports payable to the British government.

Persons bringing information to the British officers which shall lead to the detection of Pirates will be liber- ally rewarded; and the pirates will be taken and deliver- ed over to the officers of the Chinese government for

CO129-010 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1843 — Page 19

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