CO129-105 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [5-7] — Page 141

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Crimes of

Course will oceur.

here,

ао

Elsewhere, but are

and punished.

for the most part detected

With "the movements of the numerous

Native craft" after they shall have left harbor it is plain that the Colonial

mment cannot interfere, and it is

Manifest

for

M

Four

whether by Heretbaysty's Ships or other on whom the task may fall.

Nor is it fair to assume that these

fais

puratical attacks are made from Hongking

more than from albacas, er

than

from

the

50 Convenient Chinese ports lying between the mouth of the Min River and.

a_

on

error to suppose the Colony responsible

an attack on a

the harbor"

I do not

Merchant vessel "out of

ather from Admiral

gather

Keeper's Despatch that he refers in any way

to

ews within the harbor, but that he is

offences

alluding simply to Piracy, a crime with

which the Colony is only concerned in so

for

as its Criminal Courts like Cognizance

the

Capture of the Criminals

of it, after

the West Const

SJohn's

When this difficult subject, which ie

Constantly forcing itself

Ow

the attention of

the Heongthing Government, was discussed.

a.

2

short time before

Sir Hoerentes Robinson's

departure, the enclosed Return was

handed

in showing the

quantity of War like Stores

Exported

hina to Maceo during

the

year

1864-

under permit

Now thise permits are only

given under reperisation from the Governor