CO129-134 - Public Offices - 1868 — Page 393

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All AI Reviewed
Series Prev Next

4. But the Viceroy voluntarily stated that there was a class among the fishing Junks who were given to plundering solitary vessels or vessels in distress, that considering fishing Junks had no valuable cargo to defend, it was unnecessary and in fact illegal for them to carry arms, and he therefore determined to disarm them.

5. I thanked His Excellency for the concession, and expressed a hope that the disarmament of a dangerous class would in time lead the honest traders to voluntarily dispense with the weight and encumbrance of guns.

6. Enest urged the expediency of a Proclamation being issued rendering it illegal for all vessels to carry guns or other offensive weapons, arguing that the missile of war was simply used by Pirates to...

Page 392


was removed and re-formatted to meet the requirements. The original text was reordered and corrected for spelling and spacing errors. The text was also formatted into proper paragraphs. The page number "392" was kept as it was originally used during scanning to delineate page metadata.

Edit History

2026-05-19 22:57:09 · NVIDIA / meta/llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct
Live
View comparison
AI Proofread
4. But the Viceroy voluntarily stated that there was a class among the fishing Junks who were given to plundering solitary vessels or vessels in distress, that considering fishing Junks had no valuable cargo to defend, it was unnecessary and in fact illegal for them to carry arms, and he therefore determined to disarm them. 5. I thanked His Excellency for the concession, and expressed a hope that the disarmament of a dangerous class would in time lead the honest traders to voluntarily dispense with the weight and encumbrance of guns. 6. Enest urged the expediency of a Proclamation being issued rendering it illegal for all vessels to carry guns or other offensive weapons, arguing that the missile of war was simply used by Pirates to... Page 392 was removed and re-formatted to meet the requirements. The original text was reordered and corrected for spelling and spacing errors. The text was also formatted into proper paragraphs. The page number "392" was kept as it was originally used during scanning to delineate page metadata.
Baseline (Original)
4. But the Viceroy voluntarily stalld that there was a class among ng the fishing Junts who were given to plundering solitary Fessels or vessels in distress, that considering fishing Jurks had no valuable cargo to defend, it wv as unnecessary. at to ca and infarct illegal for them catty arus, and he therefore determined disarur them- was to 5. Ithanked His Excellency Excellency for the and expressed at this Claes 392 concession, a hope that disarmament of a dangerous would in lume lead the honest trades to voluntarily dispense with the weight, and hamper of funs. 6. Enext urged the expediency of a Proclamation being issued rendering it illegal for all vessels to carry stink @poto, arguing that the missill war aue & Rimply of offence, being used by Pirates to
2026-05-19 22:57:09 · Baseline
View content

4. But the Viceroy

voluntarily stalld that there

was

a

class among

ng the

fishing Junts who were

given to plundering solitary

Fessels or vessels in distress,

that considering fishing Jurks had no valuable cargo to

defend, it

wv as

unnecessary.

at

to ca

and infarct illegal for them

catty arus, and he

therefore determined

disarur them-

was

to

5. Ithanked His

Excellency

Excellency for the

and expressed at

this

Claes

392

concession,

a hope that

disarmament of

a dangerous

would in lume lead the honest trades to voluntarily

dispense with the weight, and

hamper of funs.

6. Enext

urged

the

expediency of a Proclamation

being issued rendering it

illegal for all vessels to carry

stink @poto, arguing that the

missill

war

aue

&

Rimply of

offence, being used by Pirates

to

Comments

Approved members can add comments, bookmarks, and private notes.

No comments yet.

Private Research Note

Private notes are available after approval.