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salation. Sir,

ho. 39634 2 August 1908. 781

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt on the 20th July of your despatch on the subject of the "Sainam" piracy case, and I further beg to express my satisfaction at your consent, in our personal interview at Whampoa on the 24th July, to assist me in devising some satisfactory scheme for the protection of steam vessels.

After the accident to the s.s. "Sainam", I immediately telegraphed orders that stringent measures should be taken to search out and deal with the pirates. I directed Colonel Huang Pei-sung with Commodores Lin and Chiu of the River Police to despatch launches with troops to proceed to the scene and operate against the robbers both on the waterways and ashore, and to still further ensure the apprehension of the chief offenders, I requested the Admiral to proceed personally to superintend the search, so that I have certainly spared no efforts in dealing