appears to be, that it prevents

Konghong thing make a depôt

for

a Faugn Opium trade,

Foreign

lent as the farm does not

affect the wholesale trade,

but only

is

that carried

in

Lads

small packages, my apprehend that its tendency

only to discamage

ac

illicit traffic, which if permitted, might probably

serious

injury

by disturbing

cause more

to our Commerce

our relations

with lehina than

could result,

from

any that

even the

tatal suppression of a particular

branch

387

bauch of

Prade

The private

Lorebs

my

enquiries which

have made.

among parties

f

interested in the trade lehine leads them to suppose that the dissatisfaction

ar

expressed by Messrs Boustead

"the subject of this Tax is not participatest in by Commercial Body generally

the

With reference to the comparison drawn by Messts Boustead between the operation

5- HongKong

of the Peren at Hom and dine apore, My Lnd-

no

see

reason for believing that

it is less suited to the

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