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a

spiccial Report from the Superintendents

of this belong to the effect of fishing beats Awa

of Polices of this belony

that 200 sail.

detained

by

Sirates ins a

werd

brock calleds

Sing hoi, close to Bias Bay,

the

and that

this information had, booms obtained from

of our of the fishing boats, effecting, his

who had succeeded in

COUPER CONO

escape. I therapon immediately addressed the accompanying

Commander Kay, when that

cation to

officer most

rea

readily and chcerfully

undertook to proceed in search of the

marauders; and

next m

morning,

Rear-

left accordingly

the 27

the

Ou the afternoon of that.

day, Collier arrived in the "Hastings from Singapore, and on the 30th. This Consellency received Commander Bay's reports of the same dot», ( Inclosure. 1,)

-Admiral Sir Francis

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upon which This Porcellency determined

ow

sending, Her Majesty's steamer "Fury" to assist the "Columbino in totally destroying the Piratical flect : Your Lordship will learn from Commanders

Thay's second Report of then 2nd Bodober, (Inclosure 2)) the

very successhe

successful result of the combined operations.

The fleet destroyed on this

yo. 3.

occasion was under the

Chui

Apoo,

commDON

d

of one

the individual who, with

six others, is supposed to have murdered,

Captain Da Costa and Sientenant Divyer this Island in March last.

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I thought this, therefore, a favorable

opportunity of giving, publicity to two official

communications which I have

No 4 lately addressed to the Chinese Commission,

(with, that Functionary's reply to the

latter),

relative to this man and piracy

generally,

in order that Her Majestij's