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Authorities at the approaching

of the Treaty of Tientsin,

revision

ar even sooner,

the necefity for adopting regulations

calculated to

give

due effect to the proposal. 5. Imay observe however that the Admirals plan appears only to prohibit

the camiage of Ordnance by junts, whereas

the

Poto

use

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of what

are

even more

Known as Stink

effective for Pratical

humposes than that of Ordnance. So

much is this the

on the

cabe

that I long since suggested to the Vice Roy the prohibition. of the cariage of Stink Toto by trading funkts

the ground that they expecially weapons of attack than defence. b. I would buther observe that whilst agreeing with the Admiral as to the

are more

greater importance of removing means of offence from the Grate, than leaving

meamo

of defence to the trading funk,

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I cannot comborate his tidimony as there armed trading.

being no instance of

an

vefsel succeffully resisting a Piratical junk. On the contrary, there have been several

such instances within.

my awn

my

Knowledge,

and quite recently a junk attacked by

two Snake bouts

mear

the Bogue

Succeeded

means of the

in beating them off by

of Ordnance with which she was armed. It

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is also incorrect in the United States" Admiral Bell to state that Foreign vefpels are not attacked by armed junts, but only by boats in calm weather. The Tracy Reports transmitted from hence proves the

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