315
A.
OCE 3
1844
G.
Extract of a letter from G. T. Lay, Magistrate to His Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart, K. C. B. &c. &c. of the 10th of April, 1844 – Dated at Canton
No. 6
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"As to the Opium question there is between them and myself a clear and explicit understanding. They declare their inability to deal with the subject, and I my want of both authority and inclination to initiate any proceedings against the traffic while it is carried on beyond the precincts of the legal trade. I am resolved, as far as in me lies, to prevent the trade, for which the Tariff provides, from being mixed up with another for which no provision is expressly made. I think this is all that Your Excellency requires of me. For many months past the sale and