[Printed Parliamentary paper.] Chinese Pirates. Return of the Number of Chinese Pirate Vessels Captured, or Burnt, or otherwise Destroyed by Her Majesty's Vessels of War in the China Seas during the Command of Admiral King [...]. (Colonel Sykes.)

2pp., folio. Disbound. Fold mark. Fair, on lightly-aged and creased paper. The title, lengthwise on the reverse, ends: '[...] Admiral King; and, Copy of Report as to how the Captured Vessels and Property were disposed of, and what Amount of Prize Money was shared by the respective Captors; &c. | (Colonel Sykes.)' At the head of the return is a communication from Briggs repeating the title, dated from the Admiralty, 10 May 1866. The return, dated from the Admiralty, 9 May 1866, is in the form of a table, whose eight columns give: Name of His Majesty's Ship; Date of Service; Where; Number of Piratical Vessels Captured; Vessels and Property - How Disposed of; Amount of Prize Money Shared by Captors; Number of Pirates given up to British Authorities; Number of Pirates given up to Chinese Authorities. Scarce: the only copy listed on COPAC (other than electronic reproductions) is at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.