CO129-100 - Sir Robinson - 1864 [9] — Page 18

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vigilance in preventing

the Rebels against

the Chines Imperial Goumment from

arms and munitions of

being provided with

Har and that for this

for

the

Ca

icador

permission

export of such articles from Honghong only granted under authenticated

certificates for lawful use, given by the proper Chinese Authorities . Your Excellency concludes by stating that, if I would certify that the Lorcha is employed in legitimate trade

and that the

genres

arc

for her armament-

the most remote

there not

being

possibility

>

the

Service/

of any

of their passing

to

ameznias

of the Serperial Government of China, You : will gladly grant the license applied for by

Mr. Percira

Knowing as I fully achnertely the

willingness of Your Excellency in this offairs, and for which I feel greatly indebted. I -

il

beg hoevever, Your Excellencys permission to

concerning. will deserve all your

make verlain observations conce

which appear to

consideration.

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Ithink that the simple fact of

guns coming

to Macue brings their

the

exportation within the street letter of the instructions which Your Excellency had

the goodness to communicate to the possibility of then

the

enornies

of China

· for

going aftererurds to

cannot be imputed

breach of these instructions

not be of these very guns

- conveyed to suck

were

nies from

not subject to British rule-

as it would

forthwith

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