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had been at Singapore for four months. Further the police warning referred to a gang operating from Shanghai. There is therefore no evidence of any connection between the police warning of 20th September and the "Anking" piracy.

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5. Hong Hoi Bay affords no shelter for H.M.Ships and a permanent patrol in that neighbourhood is therefore impracticable. In these cases no action can be taken by the Navy, other than arranging patrols of the likely areas, until information is received that the piracy has actually taken place. In the case of the "Anking",

news of the piracy was not received until the pirates

hed landed.

6. In connection with the piracy of s.s. "Hsin Wah" in April, 1928, a warning was received from the

police at Hong Kong, about three weeks before the

event, that Bias Bay pirates were active. On this occasion, Bias Bay was continuously patrolled, but no

pirates were encountered there.

I have &C.,

(sd.) J. L. Pearson.

COMMODORE.