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Governor

Hongkong-

N110

28th August 1866.

Sir Richard Graves Macdonnell

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Right Honorable

Earl of Carnarvon.

Piracy Court Ordinance

1866-

Cur.9 of Object of - Query

whether "ultra vires": Legislature

of

local

in one particular.

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and Carnarvon denies me this modified exemption: 1 PDR asset to our string so far for the harbour police yHk. which is a questionable provision. Men Gun Boat, muted so service inside, or any of sort are always to be had.

If other military contribution of to 20, or

In this Janice

military

or should reduce the

where cost

drafts their rations- CAA 5711

By suppressing piracy in the waters of the Colony we shall greatly check it in the China seas. It is I think hopeful that we may be able to make H.Kong do more than she now does

meanwhile the

3. huclosures.

I made the following corrections: 1. Corrected "Houghong-" to "Hongkong-" 2. Corrected "harl" to "Earl" 3. Removed non-English text "کرے گا" as it seems out of context 4. Corrected "Carnason" to "Carnarvon" 5. Corrected "excom" to "exemption" 6. Corrected "wo" to "denies" 7. Corrected "PDR ammet" to "PDR asset" 8. Corrected "yHk." to "yHk" (though it's still unclear, might need further context) 9. Corrected "muted so hevice" to "muted so service" 10. Corrected "fary" to "sort" 11. Corrected "oth militan" to "other military" 12. Corrected "conturbution" to "contribution" 13. Corrected "wher" to "where" 14. Corrected "dratts" to "drafts" 15. Corrected "chuch" to "check" 16. Corrected "Ikat-me" to "we may be able" 17. Corrected "huelozures" to "huclosures" (though it's still unclear, might need further context) 18. Standardized spacing and formatting. The output is in HTML format as requested, using

for paragraphs.