CO129-130 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [4-5] — Page 82

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piractical appearance caused considerable jalawn to the peaceful fishing and hading vefels anchored in those places.

3.

You

will also learn with surprise

that not content with entering harbors

Chitherto

regarded

as closed against all cuisers not belonging to Her Majesty's

صة

proceedings, and from the imperfect information which the Officer in bommand of the bin.boat received he

judged it expedient to request the live junto in question to retum to Hongkong where they avived in co another Gun Boat

Junks

5.

benice, the masters of those armed had the audacity both to demand and

receive in

British Waters from various boats

fees for the ifore of ball dicenses. using

threatening language

and calling

calling on every one to take out Licenses hom thence.

4. On learning the appearance of such Suspicions craft at Aberdeen the bommodore,

on the

the

once

suggestion of His Excellency, at

sent

a

Gun bout to watch their

Gumbaut

f

mew

om

Company

with

the 8th instant.

The Governor having

who

apparently

caused the two

were in charge of

on the

the repels to appear before him 8th instant and not being at the time that they had committed any International discourtesy

aware-

overt act of

or

himself

hostility in British waters contented himaruf with Cautioning them not to appear ajain

ent!

in any waters belonging to this Goummer except in the regular anchorage Set apart

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