For
the Police force..
I have the honor to be, My Lord.
Your Ladyship's most obedient
humble Servant,
H. S. Berkeley
Acting Colonial Secretary
Red.
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Governor!
may
Date.
Hong Kong, 10th March 1873
W58 No 3717
No. 58 Date 1873 Mar 10 Last previous Paper No. 2295DESPATCH.
RECEIVED
18 APR 1873
Opium Monopoly. Straits Settlements. Observations & states reasons for having leased the Farm to Si Pak Cheong.
No. 401 Date 22 From Governor To Earl of KimberleyAns 2054 April 30. 1873
Av. Meade
(Minutes.)
I cannot quite follow Sir A. Kennedy's arguments in favour of the course which
has been adopted.
The highest tender received was from an independent merchant and
is $14,800 in excess of any other offer. The tender is made for one or more years. After one year, the Government
had been accepted for entering into an arrangement with the farmer
for a period of 3 years on giving $16,000 more for the 2nd year & $12,000 for the 3rd. — J. M. Kennedy.
The object in making this arrangement appears to be to break down a combination, as he terms it, which
had held the monopoly for a long period
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