CO129-120 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [1-2] — Page 107

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to be always stationed at Hongshing

with

A

view to ensuring requisitions which the Officer in Command

may receive from

this Government.

extremely indebted to

your Lordship for this proof of your

anxiety to strengthen the hands of the

local Executive at

a

period,

when unusual

efforts are required to

carry

out the new

Legislation suppressing Piracy.

3.

At the date

of Your

Lordship's

despatch however

you

could not have

been in receipt of my communication

of

the 30th November last, informing you

what I had found it expedient to equip

A...

vessel

at a moderate outlay for the

purpose of providing for the Warlor Staff and Police necessary to maintain the requisite surveillance

at

the various outstations of this Island,

at

which, if neglected, depots

for the equipment of Piratical Craft and sale of their plunder could soon be

established.

11.

As it does not

appear

that the

control over the proposed Gunboat would

be as completely in the hands of the Executive here,

as

might be essential for

the

special duties created by

Ordinances, and as

those duties would

be

extremely irksome to Her Majesty's officers and Sailors, I choose it preferable to continue the

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105 to be always stationed at Hongshing with A view to ensuring requisitions which the Officer in Command may receive from this Government. extremely indebted to your Lordship for this proof of your anxiety to strengthen the hands of the local Executive at a period, when unusual efforts are required to carry out the new Legislation suppressing Piracy. 3. At the date of Your Lordship's despatch however you could not have been in receipt of my communication of the 30th November last, informing you what I had found it expedient to equip A... vessel at a moderate outlay for the purpose of providing for the Warlor Staff and Police necessary to maintain the requisite surveillance at the various outstations of this Island, at which, if neglected, depots for the equipment of Piratical Craft and sale of their plunder could soon be established. 11. As it does not appear that the control over the proposed Gunboat would be as completely in the hands of the Executive here, as might be essential for the special duties created by Ordinances, and as those duties would be extremely irksome to Her Majesty's officers and Sailors, I choose it preferable to continue the
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105

to be always stationed at Hongshing

with

A

view le ensuring requisitions which the Offine

attention to all

which the Officer in Command

may receive from

Ў

from this Government.

extremely indebted to

four Lordship for this proof of your

anviely to strengstien the hands of the

local Cercutive at

a

period,

efforts are required to

harry

when unusual

out the new

Legislation serjejeressing Piracy.

lien undertaken for the purpose of

3.

At the date

despatch however

of Your

Lordship's

could not have

you

of

We 163.

been in receipt of my communication

the 50th November last, informing you, what I had found it expedient to equip

A.....

vefeel

at a moderate suitay for the

of transport

purpose of providing for the Warlor Staff and Police necesary le maintain the requisite surveillance

the various outstations of this Bland,-

wwv

at

arry

are

of which, if neglected, depols

V and

for the equipment of Piratical Craft Sate of their plunder acould soon be

established.

11.

As it does not

appream

that the

contrel own the proposed Gumboot would

be as completely in the hands of the Executive here,

the

as

might be essential for

very precution duties created by

Ordinances, and as

be

recent

chose duties world

from their native bo uxtremely in sonce and need to Her Majesty's officers and Sailors, I. chiuse it preferable to contime the

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