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My Lord,
BAY 7 1845 Acctoria, Hongkong, 339 28th December 1844.
"Thave the honor to forward by this Despatch an Ordinance, N. 21, Of 1844 of 46 for licensing the sale for consumption within this Colorry, of Salt, Opiums, and other substances used by the Chinese and axatives of India.
I have Your Lordship's authority seemned for obtaining a reverence from opiume consumed within the Colony; and as the farming system in Sincapore has produced upwards of £23,000 per annum, it scorried the most expedient course to adopt the same in Hongkong, with arearly the same Regulations.
The Right Honorable, Lord, Manley, M. P.