BY SIR HENRY KELLETT,
Knight Commander of the most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, &c., Vice-Admiral of Her Majesty's Fleet, and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Ships and Vessels employed, and to be employed, on the China Station.
GENERAL MEMORANDUM, No. 49.
Whenever one of Her Majesty's Ships proceeds from Hongkong on a cruise for the suppression of Piracy, one of the Chinese Military Mandarins stationed at Kowloong for the purpose should be embarked to assist the Commanding Officer in distinguishing between Pirates and honest Traders.
II.
His Excellency the Governor of the Two Quang Provinces having found it impracticable to carry out his Proclamation of April, 1868, for the Disarmament of Merchant Shipping, has substituted a system of Registration by which Trading Junks and Fishing Vessels will be enrolled in groups, with a Chief Manager to each, who will be held solely responsible for the acts of the groups under his control.
III.
Due security having been obtained, a Register will be issued to each Native Vessel, in which will be detailed the name, age, and residence of the Junk Master, the dimensions and build of his Vessel, the description of armament, and the number of crew. To enable Her Majesty's Officers to recognize this Document a Blank Form of Register will be supplied.
IV.
In each case of a Vessel being detained as a Pirate, or on suspicion, the report of the circumstances is to enclose a Copy of the Register found in the vessel, as well as the name of the Official to whom she has been transferred. A Copy of this Report is to be immediately forwarded by the Senior Officer to Her Majesty's Consul at Canton. When a Vessel is suspected, but sufficient grounds do not exist to detain her, a Copy of the Register should be forwarded in a similar manner,
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BY SIR HENRY KELLETT,
Knight Commander of the most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, &c., Vice-Admiral of Her Majesty's Fleet, and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Ships and Fessels employed, and to be employed, on the China Station.
CENERAL MEMORANDUM, No. 49.
Whenever one of Her Majesty's Ships proceeds from Hongkong on a cruize for the suppression of Piracy, one of the Chinese Military Mandarins stationed at Kowloong for the purpose should be embarked to assist the Commanding Officer in distinguishing between Pirates and honest Traders.
II.
His Excellency the Governor of the Two Quang Provinces having found it impracticable to carry out his Proclamation of April, 1868, for the Disarmament of Merchant Shipping, has substituted a system of Registration by which Trading Junks and Fishing Fessels will be enrolled in groups, with a Chief Manager to each, who will be held solely responsible for the acts of the groups under his control.
III.
Due security having been obtained, a Register will be issued to each Native Vessel, in which will be detailed the name, age, and residence of the Junk Master, the dimensions and build of his Vessel, the description of armament, and the number of crew. To enable Her Majesty's Officers to recognize this Document a Blank Form of Register will be supplied.
IV.
In cach case of a Vessel being detained as a Pirate, or on suspicion, the report of the circumstances is to enclose a Copy of the Register found in the vessel, as well as the name of the Official to whom she has been transferred. A Copy of this Report is to be immediately forwarded by the Senior Officer to Her Majesty's Consul at Canton. When a Vessel is suspected, but sufficient grounds do not exist to detain her, a Copy of the Register should be forwarded in a similar manner,
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