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two

large

Chinese Vesels,

Under

the

Sard o

Supermänience f

Trade

between

Hong Kong and

To carry

arms found

on

board

Canton

should

of

and proposing that I

contribute to the maintenance

to

many

dis clarius

private vessels. He

any grant of such

Government, and

Licences pou the

assurance, together with

with

this

Europeans, for

the Capture of the

his

previous

avowal hat we

Pirates.

were

ab

überty

to

take any

Netps

This

necessary pr

the protection

al

Beast prover

the

extent

of the evil,

of the

song hong Fade from

and

in

some

unlike

the

Plan

Sir Thomas

Cochrane

proposed by

for maintaining

Four native vessella

respects is not

it appears

the strong ground of necessi

world pistify

our adopting immmmary

measures against the common enemy.

Pirates

that

Hom

Of

me

necessity

rdnance

Meyning Endosure N82

I have received from

in reply to my inquiry respecting the Licences

The

rule adopted by Her

majesty's navne

tercrcs

(

at

nu

Predecessors suggestion, that

piratiral vessel

no

sonid

be canturett

except