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that
the collection of the duty on fium in Kwang Ding with a request the authesities might thoroughly investigate and taste the management of it into their own hands.
That it appeared according to statements inade in a despatch
from
Mr. Wart that owing to the Canton, Suthorities not having
under their control the collection
of the regular duty on Opicum imported from Warz Kong and Mavar, in addition
Hong to that of the Listin, the duty
on a
large proportion of the Opimme imports in Awangtung
A VAS
best through smuggling
It had been thought
that stations shoul be cetillished
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in the vicinity of Hongsting and
Macas, where the duties should,
be paid instead of at the Canta Custom house, and that over the Awenne Cuizors already transferred to the Meang Tang Province the
Swing Assistant Commissioner should be placed in sole charge.
And it had been calculated
that against expenses amounting to ton thousand tools per mouth, would
be set an increased) revenue
of Belwan
four or five hundred thousand tacks derived from this method
per
A v vrt i ALVE
of collecting the duty
Opium).
(The Imperial communication
that the quantity.
went on to
say)