Davis.
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Memorandum for destruction to W. Berry-
CORD
Refer to and abandon's particularities of the 7th January, as indication of the division, which is still felt by the Government, that the
When Hongkong
-acquired Colony of Hong Kong
should be made subservient to the object of carrying
on
a trade in Opium with Chinese, so long as that thing continues. The particular by the laws of the Chinese lenient line.
According to
In the view of H.M.'s Government it is not wise
to "consist with that device, to permit the cultivation, manufacture, and export of opium from the Colony:
Local
although
were derived to the local
to immediate and direct advantage from its transit. The establishment of an opium depot close to the coast of China, offering facilities for smuggling
and internal introduction, might properly
be complained of as an unfriendly act toward a nation
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