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I thought it prudent to adopt the suggestion for the addition of a suspending clause - the

more so, because I do not believe that there is even

the faintest risk of any ship "bound for or about to proceed "to Canton or Macao"," being forfeited, during the interval of delay caused by vision of clause 5, boong forfood

time

the

pre-

, or even, indeed, incurring at any

any penalty what- soever, provided the master

of

of such ship do not deliberately abstain from exercising the ~

already,

precautions which are quite apart from the provisions

of the present Ordinance, and

for

years past have been within the competence of the masters!

of such ships

lips to exercise.

4.

I have caused the

opium farmer and his Counsel to be informed that the Ordi- nance will be transmitted to Your Lordship by this mail, and that if it be desired to.

make