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SENIOR NAVAL OFFICER, WEST RIVER, to COMMANDER-IN-
CHIEF, CHINA STATION.
H.M.S. "Moorhen
at Canton.
May 5th, 1914.
Sir,
In accordance with Article 536 C.S.C.B.
I have the honour to submit the following remarks and suggestions for the checking of piracy amongst British ships running between Hongkong and the West River ports.
In view of the recent piracy on S.S."Tai On", I trust that these may prove of some use. Incidentally this piracy having occurred outside the West River, did not come under the sphere of patrol of the West River Flotilla.
DISTRICT COVERED BY PIRATES.
The districts in which the pirates reside are Chek Kai Tong, Houng Shan and the adjacent islands, The main West River running through these districts,
viz: from Kongmoon to Macao, is little touched by pirates as the foreign shipping is only of a very inferior type and probably not worth pirating. Whereas in the main route of steamers, viz: First Clift and
Wangun the piracy is kept down partly by the irregu- lar but frequent movements of H.M. Torpedo-Boats the knowledge of the said movements being confined to the Commanding Officers only but they are chiefly
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