H.E. Jui Cheng, Provincial Treasurer of Kiangsu and Head of the Police Department of the Liangkiang and Chekiang provinces, has requested His Honour M. T. Liang, the Shanghai Taotai, to ask the Consular Body here to prevent foreign merchants from selling rifles or ammunition to any suspicious person or persons. This ha boon taken in view of the rumours to the effect that a number of agents of the Chekiang robbers and pirates are purchasing arms in Shanghai.
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