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FOREIGN OFFICE.

April 21st. 1899.

C.O.

10250 313

RECO

&

REAR 26 APR 19

BOS

Sir:-

With reference to your letter of the 11th instant 8305/99, I am directed by the Marquess of Salisbury to transmit to you a copy of a despatch which has been received from Her Majesty's Minister at Peking on the subject of the increase of piracy in the Chinese waters adjacent to Hongkong.

Sir C. MacDonald states that the local authorities at Canton appear to be unable to cope with the evil, and transmits copies of two notes which he has addressed to the Tsungli Yamen urging them to take immediate steps to put a stop to these outrages.

Lord Salisbury has communicated copies of your letter under reply and of Sir C. MacDonald's despatch to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and has suggested that they should be forwarded to the

Under Secretary of State

Colonial Office.

Commander ...

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FOREIGN OFFICE. April 21st. 1899. C.O. 10250 313 RECO & REAR 26 APR 19 BOS Sir:- With reference to your letter of the 11th instant 8305/99, I am directed by the Marquess of Salisbury to transmit to you a copy of a despatch which has been received from Her Majesty's Minister at Peking on the subject of the increase of piracy in the Chinese waters adjacent to Hongkong. Sir C. MacDonald states that the local authorities at Canton appear to be unable to cope with the evil, and transmits copies of two notes which he has addressed to the Tsungli Yamen urging them to take immediate steps to put a stop to these outrages. Lord Salisbury has communicated copies of your letter under reply and of Sir C. MacDonald's despatch to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and has suggested that they should be forwarded to the Under Secretary of State Colonial Office. Commander ... Page ... was removed and re-formatted to meet the requirements. The text was re-organised into proper paragraphs and formatted in HTML using tags. Spelling errors were corrected, and spacing issues were fixed. The original page numbering was kept as is. The text was not rephrased or rewritten, and no comments were added. The file reference format was corrected to have no spaces inside parentheses.
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Achi

ing that

hu hotel

he-Chamberlain

with satefaction the

forcible temes in mich fin

be addrejser

his pectest

6. Wardande be

othe youren

send cas of

Сакриват одам

C.P.d. 1

So proceed.

Moduces no

j

this threat

result in shall have

to top for its enfreomat

Ew they 1045

Copy

FOREIGN OFFICE.

April 21st. 1899.

C.O.

10250 313

RECO

&

REAR 26 APR 19

BOS

Sir:-

With reference to your letter of the 11th. in-

stant 8305/99, I am directed by the Marquess of

Salisbury to transmit to you a copy of a despatch which has been received from Her Majesty's Minister

Spracdonald

4 of Feb. 18.

at Peking on the subject of the increase of piracy

in the Chinese waters adjacent to Hongkong.

Sir C. MacDonald states that the local authori-

ties at Canton appear to be unable to cope with the evil, and transmits copies of two notes which he has addressed to the Tsungli Yamen urging them to take

immediate steps to put a stop to these outrages.

Lord Salisbury has communicated copies of your letter under reply and of Sir C. MacDonald's despatch

to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and has

suggested that they should be forwarded to the

Under Secretary of State

Colonial Office.

Commander

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