CO129-131 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [6-7] — Page 20

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"Piracy. I also transmit the opinion of

Ordinance.

the Acting Attorney General on the China.

Z

Your Graze

will

mo

doubt have been

Enclosure no 2

already prepared by my despatches No 458 10th March, 1568

and No 482. to expect the receipt of some

Ordinance similar to that herewith

enclosed. It

*

simply intrusts the Govenor

in Executive lecuncil with a power of

kaming

Orders for the partial or totul

disarmament of all fishing

and

and

trading

Chinese funks they penalties such as the Governer

enforcing those onders

Houncil

in

may impose within the limits

ffriescribed by the Ordinance.

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3.

at the same

time

OLO

the Ordinance

is

Hand

experimental

as well

directed

against

itself based on a policy entirely exceptionals

ао

Paña 12.

18th April, 1868 ",

Puta 12.

458

4198

481

5913

C

ome

class of Foreign vessels, and as,

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it

is

general principles

inexpedient to Confer

on the Executive

are

no

powers which though limited tantamount within those limits to the frewers of a digiolative body, Your Grace will absene that by the 4th Section its

duration is limited to

come

year from the

date of proclamation of the Ordinance.

H.

The Despatches to which I have above referred fully explain the necessity for

devising

"some means to enable this of

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Goverment to keep pace with the excentions

mai

being made by the Chinese Authorities

to put

put down

of a remedy-

Tiracy by the partial adoption

disarmament

of funt's which

has so hequently been suggested by