CO129-131 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [6-7] — Page 126

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by the Chinese Authorities in the matter, I had laid before my Legislative Conncil a short

chand, Ordinance which donde tie

second and final reading on the 22nd Justant, and which empower the Governor in lipcutive Council here to forbish under certain penalties the carriage of any arms in munitions of war by dunks of

Mscription.-

any

5. My intention therein is from time to time to enlarge or

diminish the extent of such disarmament in accordance with the action taken by the Chinese Authorities, and it afford

me sincere fleasure to find

spelf already so ferfectly in

accord with

matter

of

Your Excellence so much importance.

6. I now therefore anticipate

my intended transmission of the Adinance in question on its Sinal faking, and enclose it in duplicate as originally laid before the Council. As soon as finsed I'meant to forward it

to

this حمد

ar

your Wellency with invitation to cooperate by the adoption of similar Legislation at Maras. the importance of which I had never for a moment forgotten. At the

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