CO129-110 - Others - 1865 — Page 425

the Concurrence

سلة سلوم

under the Command

of the Senior Officer

of

the Station.

In practice

it is to be assume that the Senior

Officer would give general authority

a

to these vessels to

pursue beyond the Colonial purisdiction operations Commenced within that jurisdiction, but that operations Commenced with the

direct intention of

prosecuting

prosecuting

them

Chinese Waters

418

the open sea should

in all cases be carried

on

by

his special

authorly or under his minediate Command. It is apprehends

that the expense this

entailed

the

Colony for a Service. partly Imperial and portty Colonial

may nise to £20,000

To meet this

year. heavy charge

a

the

Secretary of State for

War