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house Called Bennett and Co. but I

has not heard where she had taken

her cargo

on For

For; probably the cleared

from Hong Kong-

ز.

It is difficult to estimate the Encouragement given to piracy and brigandage by land and water swing

to the unchecked trade in arms and Ammunition, which is carried on at

Longkong and Singapore, I was told

four years ago

that,

ma

-rough

CH

Calulation 3000 Cannon of different

віздо

sizes had been sold at singapore along

and I can state from

si a

My

・year,

own observation that artillery and

small arms are Exhibited in all the

A

marine stores. It may to safety apurned that fire sixths

the number

sold

sold, whatever it

destined to arm

may

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ke, are

those brigands and

pirates who make war on

and commerce, and

H. Mi Naval Foves are

inderstor

chom to

against called upon by the

Mercantile communities in these Eastern

Seas to act.

I belies the Dutch, Spaniards & Portuguese pukilit dealing in there articles, and were the trade stopped at Hong Kone ann ingapore a great

service would is rendered to the cause of humanity and legitimate Commerce. Pratical Junks could not arm themselors in our water, and the sort of retail trade, practiced along the Count of China by

sonall Arpels that clear out from the English.

by

settlements