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to which Pratical craft

are now

protected.

enjoy the privilege of canying Munitions

fof

wvar

the

disarmament of any one clafs

only of bhinese repels greatly

frisk of their

being

increases the

attacked because the

Pirates are not affected by anything shart

Lof a general

mun

чегомо

сандого

disarmament, whilst the

body of fishing repels, where

are often of quat value become

more exposed than ever to predatory

attacks.

8

Nevertheless though the butter

at first suffer, still a

step

may in the right direction will have been taken, and the very fact of any increased depredation fishing bouts following the firepresed partial disaminment and resulting therefrom.

on

must.

€

Encloome H.

eventually furnish an argument for

making

dis unnament more

general,

ao a

retrogade policy would probably not meet support hereafter.

9.

I now enclose a communication

uni

from bonoul Robertson corning draught of a Proclamation proposed to be ipued bey the Vice Roy for the disarmament of. sishing repils - such disarmament to tatte place from the 19th of July next. I have taken advantage of the bonsul's

him the expediency. presence here to press

com

if posible, of inducing the Vice. Hay to consider the practicability of embracing in his proclamation a prohibition of the caniage of Stink Toto by any vefsel trading or fishing. Such implements are

whether

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