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thenew encoenating from myself, for

seauring the object in view, ors being free frour the objectionable features of Admiral Keppels. Suggestion, and as well calculated

of

themselves to bring about through Chinese Agencies alone, the result aimed at by his propositions. St might perhaps be better if, all of these measures were to go

go together the indemnification principle peething life into the others without foreign

interference.. The m Admiral Keppel might work.. harmoniously though not verryor efficiently, when left to Chinese..

proposed by

Agencies alone, but would be full

of mischief if Foreign Cruizers be authorised to execute them,

meddle in any manner. _

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propose excepting Indemnifications Piracies committed within three miles of Hong Kong and of Macaro; notwith stounding that Hong Kong is

unded by Chinese territory

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within shorter reach; this is in order that British Authorities at that Fren port (the very hotbed

of

pirates) shall have

no reason for relaxing their police vigilance in the adjacent waters. I beg how ever will_scrutinize this particular

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