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C.O.

10182

RECO

&

REG 31 MAR 00 46

Admiralty

30 March 1900

Sr.

With

reference

to

your

letter of 14.

5329

mst! A 5529. and its enclosures, relative to the

in the West River, I am suppression of piracy in the West

Lords Commissioners of

Commanded by my

Admiralty to request you will inform the

of

State that they

the

Secretary

are not prepared to concur in

the suggestion made by the Governor of Hongkong,

in paragraph 5

of

his despatch of 19th January

last, viz : - that Chinese Torpedo Roats should either be lent to Her Majesty's Government for this

Jenrce

or else that they should be manned partly by Seamon of the Royal Navy

And

partly

Chinese under the command of

Naval Officer.

British

a

by

Under

If it were possible to meet the demand

for additional vessels to be detailed for this service,

Secretary of State

the

Colonial Office