the "Board" and
and for English
Commerce, setting aside the political point of view.
Should F... E. think it worth
investigating
white to in
ate the matter,
I am ready to come forward with her proofs and Explanations.
to Come forward with
Mulit then, I remain,
your obedient humble servant,
[signed] E. Scala.
True Copy
Colonial Secretary.
Enclosure
Copy.
in the foregoing for
Macau, 20th of March 1881.
To the Secretary
of the "Board
"Board of Opium"
Calcutta.
I was ignorant of anything
Connected with the "Administration"
in India, that I heard
of the
"Board"
a few days ago.
not the names of the Members,
nor their rank
in the administrative
hierarchy. – You will therefore Excuse me if I do not address you with Your proper qualification, and
I come at once to the
Subject of the
present correspondence.
I produce a smoking drug, Chemically identical with the best Opium purified by the Chinese.
During the last twelve months, I have, single-handed, manufactured and sold between ten and eleven thousand taels of said drug; and have, orders to such an amount, that I must
I have now,
to look out for assistance.
The drug
Costs
about $1.00 per tael. It would scarcely cost 50 Cents if
I were to act upon a large scale.
Fo...