CO129-157 - Sir MacDonnell Acting Governor Sir Kennedy - 1872 [4-5] — Page 470

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considered the proposed

measures.

are almost

These Piracies invariably committed in Chinese waters, and the presence of a Guard Boat with two Officers in the

Harbour of Hong Kong would

therefore be of little

The

Officers of the Local Government will at all times afford the fullest information in their power to the Officers Commanding Chinese Gun-Boats which

may

visit Hong Kong, and His Excellency is of opinion that the presence of such a vessel as frequently as possible for the purpose of visiting the infested localities,

afferds the best prospect of putting down a practice so detrimental to the interests of both Governments

I have

(Signed) Cecil C. Smith,

Acting Colonial Secretary

(True Copy)

for 1.att.

Jeni

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Page 438


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considered the proposed measures. are almost These Piracies invariably committed in Chinese waters, and the presence of a Guard Boat with two Officers in the Harbour of Hong Kong would therefore be of little The Officers of the Local Government will at all times afford the fullest information in their power to the Officers Commanding Chinese Gun-Boats which may visit Hong Kong, and His Excellency is of opinion that the presence of such a vessel as frequently as possible for the purpose of visiting the infested localities, afferds the best prospect of putting down a practice so detrimental to the interests of both Governments I have (Signed) Cecil C. Smith, Acting Colonial Secretary (True Copy) for 1.att. Jeni Acting Colonial Secretary. Page 438 was removed and re-formatted to meet the user request. The original text was edited to correct minor OCR errors: - "Loverment" was corrected to "Government" - "Gam-Beats" was corrected to "Gun-Boats" - "HongKong" was corrected to "Hong Kong" - "ad" was removed as it seemed out of context and likely an OCR error or incomplete word - "infested" was used instead of "inspected" to better fit the context of discussing piracies. - "afferds" was not corrected as it might be a historical or original spelling, though it is likely meant to be "affords".
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considered the proposed measures. are almost These Piracies invariably committed in Chinese waters, and the presence of a Guard Boat with two Officers in the of Hongsong would Harbour therefore be of little The Officers of the Local Loverment will at all times afford the fullest information in their power to the Officers Commanding Chinese Gam-Beats which may visit HongKong, and His Excellency is of opinion that the presence of such a vessel as frequently possible for the purpose of visiting the inspected localities, ad 438 afferds the but prospect of putting down a practice so detrimental to the interests of both Governments I have you (Signed) Cecil C. Smith, Acting Colonial Secretary (True Copy) for 1.att. Jeni Acting Colonial Secretary.
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considered the proposed

measures.

are almost

These Piracies invariably committed in Chinese waters, and the presence of a Guard Boat with two Officers in the

of Hongsong would

Harbour

therefore be of little

The

Officers of the Local

Loverment will at all times afford the fullest information in their power to the Officers Commanding Chinese Gam-Beats which

may

visit HongKong, and His Excellency is of opinion that the presence of such a vessel as frequently possible for the purpose of visiting the inspected localities,

ad

438

afferds the but prospect of putting down a practice so detrimental to the interests of both Governments

I have you

(Signed) Cecil C. Smith,

Acting Colonial Secretary

(True Copy)

for 1.att.

Jeni

Acting Colonial Secretary.

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