444
938dre 10 troms nistres a diguodtis ezerwatyasi mi"
Dowiq slow cɗT
.etmatiderni on eza erent,Jaize asob"
one aboiw erit,anoitoetib ils mi exoor dtiw bebbuta at"
basogr bsbпsq9b sd of jon bes eideltsv 978 aobit"
breza Ils allevery 29a yvsen vII'IemibrosTJXe na'
seani: va qartie betial. Teve visorsoa ai foga sm”
mi bemis‡c8088 IveH .alsaasy sntbert netezot *0*
-99μIJ ON Snow STEN) tant byoLI Jnanstveid die sonoɔ'
gairebnuiq one Joast nient aidt gnidan setaniq_to"
Jstari del s.it mu astang odd jtsi ow,alsaasy gut beT†”
-moll de goİVİTIS ezavo! NINJET TUO No beboeɔoiq bris"
TODOHOD sat of SaltTog: T Tetts brus,#003 ent no 300%"
"late lote motme. of bebesoo1q"
YozeolV sit,tuoqet gaiogenof ent to jqiesexI NÕ
a'luanoD eldstvoron end rot area o.it eraoimmwoo of aer
Om alleva bra,noits riotni
zeb d‡i moom NJA,masy Kt8 edo gaut
.arsysl.I.W (bergia) yd bedelantenT
Mr. W. F. Mayers in Charge of Her Majesty's Consulate at Canton to the Viceroy of the Two Kwang Provinces.
CANTON,
June 1st, 1869.
The undersigned has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's despatch of the 30th ultimo, forwarding copy of the report made by Major Fan Kan-ting respecting the visit of the Gunboat "Chen-to" to the Pratas Shoal, etc. which he has perused with attention.
He begs to observe in reply that the Pratas Shoal, lying as it does some 170 miles eastward from the coast of Kwangtung, occupies a position in the midst of the China Sea precisely in the track of vessels sailing North or South from the Chinese Ports, as a result of which it frequently occurs that vessels are lost upon it when deviating in even the slightest degree from their proper course owing either to tempestuous weather or defective observations.
Such unavoidable disasters occur on an average two or three times in the course of the year; and it has become a practice with the Junk people of this province to
444
938dre 10 troms nistres a diguodtis ezerwatyasi mi"
Dowiq slow cɗT
.etmatiderni on eza erent,Jaize asob"
one aboiw erit,anoitoetib ils mi exoor dtiw bebbuta at"
basogr bsbпsq9b sd of jon bes eideltsv 978 aobit"
breza Ils allevery 29a yvsen vII'IemibrosTJXe na'
seani: va qartie betial. Teve visorsoa ai foga sm”
mi bemis‡c8088 IveH .alsaasy sntbert netezot *0*
-99μIJ ON Snow STEN) tant byoLI Jnanstveid die sonoɔ'
gairebnuiq one Joast nient aidt gnidan setaniq_to"
Jstari del s.it mu astang odd jtsi ow,alsaasy gut beT†”
-moll de goİVİTIS ezavo! NINJET TUO No beboeɔoiq bris"
TODOHOD sat of SaltTog: T Tetts brus,#003 ent no 300%"
"late lote motme. of bebesoo1q"
YozeolV sit,tuoqet gaiogenof ent to jqiesexI NÕ
a'luanoD eldstvoron end rot area o.it eraoimmwoo of aer
Om alleva bra,noits riotni
zeb d‡i moom NJA,masy Kt8 edo gaut
.arsysl.I.W (bergia) yd bedelantenT
Mr. W. F. Mayers in Charge of Her Majesty's Con-
sulate at Canton to the Viceroy of the Two Kwang Prov-
inces.
CANTON,
June 1st, 1869.
The undersigned has the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of Your Excellency's despatch of the 30th ul-
timo, forwarding copy of the report made by Major Fan
Kan-ting respecting the visit of the Gunboat "Chen-to"
to the Pratas Shoal, etc. which he has perused with
attention.
He begs to observe in reply that the Pratas Shoal,
lying as it does some 170 miles eastward from the coast
of Kwangtung, occupies a position in the midst of the
China Sea precisely in the track of vessels sailing
North or South from the Chinese Ports, as a result of
which it frequently occurs that vessels are lost upon
it
when deviating in even the slightest degree from
their proper course owing either to tempestuous weather
or defective observations.
Such unavoidable disasters occur on an average two
or three times in the course of the year; and it has
become a practice with the Junk people of this province
to
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