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have a great effect on the whole question, but there is always the
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(4) The British gunboats have been very actively employed whenever the political situation has been sufficiently quiet, in patrolling.
searching for, and attue: ing pirates and their craft. A good deal
of success has been obtained but they gun never deal with the gangs that work entirely from theshore, attuoking small craft and then
retiring into the hills or their lairs up small cree: 8. Their
value must consist chiefly in preventative work and backing up
General Li Fook Lum's forces from the water side when he attacks
an area. It is their presence which undoubtedly puts the necessary atiffening into his soldiers on these occasions. Also by tracking down and dealing with all suspicious steam launches met a great
deal of potential piragy is provented and fear instilled in the
pirates' minde. The whole essence of success in this work is
uncertainty of movement, it is no use having a regular schedule whi oh the pirates can observe and make their plane accordingly,
(5)
The Hongkong Government fitted out 4 armed launches for convoy work which are manned by Naval ratinge under the comand of a Naval officer.
These o. aft are by no means ideal for the work, they draw too much water und out of them are too slow, They have however been very useful indeed, not oly for convoying but for patrol work
in between and were particularly welcome during the periods when the gunboats have had to be concentrated at Canton,
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Prevention of Firzoy - Present Systea.
At present shipping is protected against piracy by the following metho da.
British gunboats.
These are distributed about the rivers and the Delta agcording to signs and information received. They are a mobile force which can be awitoned to any area required.
Piracy suppression is by no means the only duty they have to
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