CO129-113 - MacDonnell - 1866 [5-6] — Page 191

" mischief caused by the almort "unrestrained spread of Piracy

and I have

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double that

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Chan

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the question

practicable solution

when

will speedily present itself, the Stigh authorities are mutually animated with such sentiments.

At the same time, I should fail in my only did I not make known to this Ixcellency the views of the Local Government in this matter.

It has repeatedly pointed out to me that the

that the foundation of

the evil rests on the facility afforded by the free institutions the Colony of Stongsong for

of

the

fitting out

of

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Piratical repels disposal of their

their plunder,

and the disposal

and expressed surprise that no

legislative measures have been taken to check this apparent anomaly.

It has said that

it cannot understand on what. principle every opportunity is to be afforded for the surtenance of piracy by this freedom of

action

on

the

one

hand, and it's suppression urgently demanded on the other, for to the Local Government it appears that the first and most important best calculated step, and the to check the evil, is to cat

one

off