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The Other Provinces, who are acknowledging great assistance rendered by Your Majesty's Squadron in the extirpation of this evil, felt it was incumbent on the Chinese Government to take its share in the work and not merely look on.
Accordingly His Excellency requested me to assist him in establishing a squadron of Steam Gunboats, under European Officers, which I did, and visited two of them, the "Anlan" and the "Chento" and were pleased to express your approval of their appointment and efficiency, you will better judge of the services they have rendered when I state that both these vessels have returned from a long cruise down the Coast to the Gulf of Tonquin, and, after a careful search and engaging, report they have not discovered a single piratical junks along the Coast line of at least 300 miles in extent, which three or four years since teemed with pirates, and was even dangerous for European vessels to approach.
I am aware that in the neighbourhood of the Menghang piracy occasionally occurs, but the presumption is they are plotted in the Chinese town and committed by fishing vessels.
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Other
Provinces, who an acknowledging great assistance rendered by Xen Majesty's Squadron in the extirpation.
of
" this evil, felt it was incumbent ution
the Chinese Government to take its share
an the
be a
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looker.
work and not merely ke
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requestedt me to assist heim in establishing a squadron of Sheam Gunboats, under European Officers,
visited
which I did, and as you two of them, the Anlan" and the "Chento" and were pleased to express your approval of their appointment- will better judge. and efficiency, you will better.
of the services they have rendered when
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I state that both these vesets have
returned from
long crmine down the Coust to the Gulf of Tonquin, and,
recedently
after
a anest
- careful search and
!!
engeing, report they have not
discovered a
or
haunt
single piratical gunk Coast line of
a
at
least 300 miles in extent, which
three or four years
since teemed.
was da
dangerous
with pirates, and was
even
for Couropean repels to approach.
I am
waters cavQI
dware
that in the
neighbourhood of the Menghang
of fiviacy occasionally occurs, but the presumption is they
are
plotted in the Chinese town and committed by fishing vessels
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