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Simply a general trading craft. So that any vefel

disarmament of Chinese

any vefel visited

war on

and found with munitions of war

board without special license should thereby be at Aby the Chinese.

ance

liable to confiscation

17. I therefore scarcely regard it as politic to press the question of Registration if it encumber the main object sought. and which it is very satisfactory to find has made so much progres since the discusions which I engaged in during 1866. Backed by the Foreign Ministers at Seking.

and sanctioned by the Chinese Government there. I cannot but feel that

is

mow

The question

reasonable support from the Nice Ray-

likely to obtain all

who has shown himself in numerous instances determined to act with good

faith

in all that promotes the supprefsion

of Piracy.

18.

I would further hope that whatever

action the Admiral

may

take he will

be enabled to declare that in no

way

directly or indirectly will the Officers of the fleet under his command be pecuniarily gainers by any seizures which they may effect. Everything and

every vessel seized outside of the Hongkong waters should be sent to bhinese bounts for

and with the proceeds of

adjudication, and is

any forfeitures British Officers for obraicus

reasons should have

no connection- their reward should come

from the