CO129-050 - Sir Bowring and Lieut Governor Caine - 1855 [5-6] — Page 60

M. c Merisa ( c .. It has been long manifest that the Gout of

China is unable

or un

Adopt effectual

meesaces for the represion of purrey in the Seas

surrounding Hong Kong, and that if Great Britain

Valuable depist for British commerce

tiishes to make that place a

Aue occasional scoreni.

pattes is in dispeces alle reference to the I for you will

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Tree Expeditions kg. the Brebes

so lately a

were plansd 45 necesfully

shop with;

notice that

The

now

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Pirates are, revertheless, as audaciones has before; and the

Admiral, on the Station, from the demands in Spets in other quarters, cannot reudi : the EMoney that complère protection & apsistance which the Dr

· Governor cosuls : The St for therefore recommends the establishment of the Screw Steamers -whit "He hes no doubt the community of thong kong

.

wants

"gladly pay for _ that they should be employed in cruising about in the vicinity of hong kong I he placed wider the order of the local God. the is a stopwal schich has been sepantly made. but it has invariably failed de adoption because. it was counted unationsatte to

sort of

Armed

have recen

place rossels, under any other authents than The Aarninally . Macce. Appeals a addused. The Hand to give more protection to the istory, which that best has done. it's best to Comply with, though costuinly the results have not been attended with complete success. As regnes . The present application I should ge much doubted the readingl, ethic Community to punide the juuks requisite to set up two expul gold -Peau repels, and, so far as deg ron spicion polt, not to suffer I should consider that a Gott rught private people to undertake themselves the task

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