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in whatever
to
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such fleets used)
get together, there is
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suppose that they
lubr
here,
no reason to
sailed from
unlife perhaps as single and)
separate vessels
d
in
20 as
to elude observation.
I have further much pleasure in stating that I believe fleets of smugglers, who were almost all equipped from Macao and Saigon, have disbanded, and smuggling has apparently become too venturesome and
investment to induce
many
to take
it up in this vicinity. As this Government, whilst protesting against infringements of either International right or treaty, has always been opposed to the Opium smuggling
Trade, as injurious to
friendly
relations with the Chinese and to the
character of the Colony generally, I am
glad to report that the large flotilla
alluded to
are no longer
heard of in the
vicinity of this Colony, and that smuggling generally is
on the decline.
I trust Your Lordship will
permit me, whilst on this subject,
to observe, that Aid to Prince Mung
S.A. N 701
Par. 1,2,377. here duties
were
actually to collect duties on goods exported
hence to China, and
a
concession of that kind is not contemplated by Her Majesty's
Government; there is
great anxiety
--probably be the part of the