Pats should not be prohibited and
after
a
certain period, any vefel
found with these or like combustibles
board be made liable to confiscation. No vefels but those belonging to the Imperial Government of China should be permitted to
sary strik pots.
m
b.
I am of opinion that no
o system
of disarming junk's is likely to produce
much
good unless it is applied equally to all junk's whecker plying in British
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7.
a Chinese waters.
It will be a question for grave corsideration as to how disarming is to be brought about, whether it shall be
as
done at once;
by notice of time suggested by the Admiral; or if the
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disarming shall be gradual by intro- ducing a scale of armament for vessels according to their size and the impratance of their occupation, and reducing the
no
juntes
armament annually until remained having on board anything beyond a small gun for signal purposes and a limited number of
muskets and swords.
8.
The latter principle I think is to be prefered and could easily be adofited by this Govenment
more
especially with regard to me licensed
juntes
as
The licenses contain
avr
accurate
description of the munitions of war
each Nofel.
9.
If the Chinese Government could
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