CO129-129 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [1-3] — Page 346

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tregistration of Mative craft be introducat

14.

here

I may him say that although the buckwundnets of the Vice Roy to

many farmer suggestions

to adopt

on account of

Hongtong itself being the chief resort

of

Sirates and supplying them with

Munitions of attack was

justified formerly by the singular apathy of the local

Authorities as to the movements and

character of the

many

thousands of junk's entering and leaving this haber night and day. Nevertheles the surprising results of the action lately takin is, as

a

matter of fact,

an uman

unanswerable

lavar

argument in tiver of a really effective

Registration

and

ation of Chinese Vefpelo entering

• leaving Chinese Torts, and might

7#.

be

Enclosure N° 4. 15

strongly urged as such.

I annexe however

I

bonsul Mayers of

a letter from Vice

ith

Mayers of the 15th October 1866

transmitting

and comm

commenting

on

communication from the Vice Roy

that

a

on

very point- and Sir Henry Heppel will observe that the Vice Ray pleads

the existence of a complete Code of

C+

Regulations aheady for the purpose a code neverthelefo

in use in China

practically not in operation.

16. I would however take the liberty of

deserving that it seancely seems expedient

to introduce as a

condition

to be

more

sine

qua.

a ron.

any littely

so easily parried, and

easily evaded if astensibly

conceded. What is

really wanted is

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