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"alleged to be concerned in Piracy" As there is no distinctive

mark of a

Houghtong Vessel whereby

one can be known at a

distance,

and as her Pagister is the only

means

斥

identifying

hen,

I

cannot understand how

Lieutenant Walker concluded becaus

that there dunks belonged to

Hongkong.

They either had papers

they had not; if they had and there

papers were issued

by

h. bred

the authorities

a this Port, the vessels should have Been seized and brought in for enguing

and punishment; if they had not, or if their papers

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were note of Stongkong, then Houstong is not responsible for their soings

supposed.

real

am sorry

I have not

opportunity of questioning

Walker on the point,

Lieutenant Walker

I

the

but that Officer is no

longer

A

regards

"clearance" paper.

the station.

the absence of a Custour House

there

explains the non-issue of and it is possible that there versels though not Stoughtong Boats – 4.6. not having Stonghong Registers may have visited Stoughtong and in the

perfect freedom of

character

may

the Pork their

not have been