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chong chóng W1149 No 298
Governor No.
(Subject.)
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13 JAN 1873.
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Jundy 149 Opium Monopoly. Evelous Repeat 4
Commission affintec
Date
1872
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Mr Meade
(Minutes.)
The Hongkong Government derives a Revenue of about $120,000 from the opium monopoly, about a quarter of the whole Revenue, so that this is an important subject.
The statistics collected differ so widely as to the amount of the trade, that they appear to have failed in obtaining their object "to ascertain whether a sufficient amount was paid towards the Revenue of the Colony?"
They suggested as the only method of arriving at the correct state of affairs that Govt should take the opium monopoly into its own hands; this suggestion has not been...