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1645 Hongkong
Victoria, Hongkong,
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5th June, 1846.
A Despatch from Lord Stanley, N: 144 of September 25th, conveyed: authority for fitting out two Cruisers for the suppression of Piracy in the mighbourhood of Hongkong.
Until the arrival of a Commission Sonder the Great Seal, establishing a
moved Court for the trial of offences on the seas, I felt it was premature to
1 the kind against
high
dant any
measures
of
Pirates, but this having been obtained, I proposed to the Executive Council at once to take the first steps towards the preventive system.
The Right Honorable,
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