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view to holding a personal conference

May on the

on the subject. I felt

with the Vice Ray

-

that it might probably be an advantage

The

and the

A

to the Admiral to be just in posesion of the action previously tatten in the matter by this Government. cameofrondence into which I had already entered that he might not be unprepared on those points if referred to by the Vice. Ray. Accordingly I drew up for the Admiral's

use

15.

the enclosed Memorandum which

a

glad to say

мого

found of service.

On his return from banton the

Adivinal

very Kindly favored

me

with the

Enchome 2.

240 Feb 1868

10 Seby

enclosed account of his interview with Enclosure 3. the Vice May. It resulted

resulted in the latters

promising to ifue an edict for the wo

disarmament of all fishing

and non-

trading junks. but declining to include

in the Edict

any trading funks. to. I need scarcely observe that if the

views be conect of those who like myself

consider a

general

disarmament of all

beut lovemment refpels

JON

those spe

specially

licensed by Government as the most

means

effective

of mummasking the real chiaracter of Inatical craft, which at

CH

present cannot be distinguished from the thousands of repels amongst which they mixe and sail, any step in that direction should be

progreto

7.

regarded

ab one

of

at the same time whilst the great maps of lading funks by their resemblance