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CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All AI Reviewed

Excellency of the particulars which relate to this event. It is sufficient for me to say that 58 Piratical Vessels, mounting about 1200 Guns, have been destroyed, and that Six Small Vessels only remain of this formidable fleet - That about 1700 of Crews have been slain by us, and about 300 only out of 3,000 escaped in the six small vessels with Shap-ng-tsai : the remainders of the crews of these Ships driven without resource into the Country perishing from want and the weapons of the Cochin Chinese, and that few Guns and prisoners brought as trophies have been over and are at your Excellency's disposal. As the notice is very short, I propose to wait on Your Excellency at 8U.M tomorrow, if Your Excellency grant me the favour of a personal interview; and should Your Excellency deign to honour me with a visit, we shall be ready to receive You at 10 A.M. I must express the high sense I have of Services of His Excellency "Wong", and I have the honour, de-(Signed) John (Dalrymple Hay, Commander.

(For a Copy) Colonial Secretary.

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Excellency of the particulars which relate to this event. _ It is sufficient for me to say that 58 Piratical Vessels, mounting about 1200 Guns, have been destroyed, and that Vessels Six Small only remain of this formidable this fleet - That about 1700 of Crews have been slain by us, and about 300 only out of 3,000 escaped in the six small repels with Shap-ng- tsai : the remainders of the crews of these Ships driven without resource into the Country perishing from want and the weapons of the Cochin Chinese, and that few Guns and are prisoners brought а as trophies have been over and are at your Excellency's disposal. As the ве on very short, I propose to wait Your Excelleney at 8U. M tomorrow, if Your Excelleney grant will 299 me the favour of a personal interview; and should Your Excellency deign to honor visit, we our Ships with a shall be ready to receive the You at 10 A.M._ I must express the high sense I have of Services of His Excellency "Wong", and I have the honor, de- (Squid) John (Dalrymple Hay, Commander. (Fora Copy) Colonial Searetary. time of stay here mush

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Excellency of the particulars which

relate to this event. _ It is

sufficient for

me to say

that

58 Piratical Vessels, mounting about 1200 Guns, have been

destroyed, and that

Vessels

Six Small

only remain of this formidable

this

fleet - That about 1700 of Crews have been slain by us,

and about 300 only out of 3,000 escaped in the six small repels with Shap-ng-

tsai : the remainders of the crews of these Ships driven without resource into the Country perishing from want and the weapons of the Cochin Chinese, and that

few Guns and

are

prisoners

brought

as trophies have been

over and

are at your

Excellency's disposal. As the

ве

very

short, I propose to wait

Your Excelleney at 8U. M tomorrow, if Your Excelleney

grant

will

299

me the favour of a personal interview; and should Your Excellency

deign to honor

visit, we

our

Ships with a

shall be ready to receive

the

You at 10 A.M._ I must express the high sense I have of Services of His Excellency "Wong",

and

I have the honor, de-

(Squid) John (Dalrymple Hay,

Commander.

(Fora Copy)

Colonial Searetary.

time of

stay

here mush

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