CO129-112 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1866 [3-4] — Page 354

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and when hinus mitted, I trust that

the position

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and duties of Ibonghing -

in relation to Pivacy with be biller -

understood.

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It is necessary to draught a New Ordinance in regards to Registration- to remodel the Sbarber Maslin's office- to adapt the Police force to New duties, / and to emotituto a freak tribunal Cases - All these

trial of Piracy

Multers are

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beeing optroceded with- and

I may add that it is my intention to forward to Sir Rutherford Alerck at Pekin such informative as I hopemay enable him- if there be siv reason contrary to indnew the Chinese

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Government to aid in the only effective.

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way they can/viz. by a direct pecuniary contribution to the maintenance of several

additional Brition Gumborte. The figures which I can adduce prove clearly the

injustice of throwing almost entirely on the British flay

and the British Exchequer the police duties of the

chinese sens.

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It is possible that the American, Rupian, Spanish, Dutch and French Squadrons in there sens

might, in prepotin to the respective Abringth of each, be induced to emtirbute to some plane of combined operations; but durich pecuniary aid, and the preserve, when necessers, of