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strict adherence on our

part to the

kaw of territorial Jurisdiction, and

nothing

I conceive is more

likely to

afoment and trouble. Kan

intuit embarrassment

A

disregard of it.

On the 10th Instant I called

on the Vice Prey and read

your

you'r

Benpatch

to him. He protected he had done und

Wa J

doing

all

in his power to carry

out

it the Proclamation, and appicaled

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whether pracy had not declinedt

bre

half what it was two years

since. I admitted it had and,

by

anor E

than

perhape half, but that did

not tander less necessary a stringest supervision of the officials whose duty it is to see to the security of the

or live

Coasts & I intimoted that if one of the Steam Grenbvals were catershed

· purpose of examining

for the sole purpose of

alf

junks for think pols and throwing them overboard

much

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of found.

the evil, if it existed

would be remedied, as the junk

find

out that

people would soon it would not answer to cur

Carry

that

kind of armament . The Vice Roy

assured

one this should be done

and further that

Jur

copy of the Proclamation

should be left on board every junk, both

at Canton and when boarded

P.

1 for starch.

Yours, &c.

(Signed, D. B. Robertson.

Consul.

A copy of this Respatch will