§ *MR. REESI beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any information has been received of the increase of piracy in the Canton Delta; and, if so, whether action is contemplated in order to the protection of commerce in these waters.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYReports of several cases of piracy and attempted piracy in the Canton Delta have lately been received by His Majesty's Government. His Majesty's Minister at Peking has been authorised to make representations to the Chinese Government, with a view to the adoption of measures for the suppression of these outrages, and to the better policing of the waterways.