12

" the tax not

being

levied in.

" full and opium being illicitly prepared. If raw

"opium is substituted for

" For / bag of Malwa, whether

"foreign

at

native,

OL

duty of

" I mace is to be charged instead

" of & mace

as

formerly Witherto

" prepared opium,

and the

tax on it is levied together

"with the hoi-fong

"

Faxe as soon

as the opium is imported

" the shops that sell prepared " opium will not be able

on the former

"to carry

" abuses, and the hoi fong

an

Tax will give

increase to the revenue. Petitioners

"are most anxious to serve

the Government in this "matter with which they

they are "Thoroughly acquainted:

For

malwa contained."

1 bag of foreign m

" 48 taelo, and / bag of native 'malwa, 100 faels on which duty

" was charged in proportion. "For the hoi fong tave the de

duty " has been 7/1⁄2 mace for 1 ball of "Patna and 9

for / bag

a cc

" of Malwa, whether native or "foreign, a bag of foreign and

"native Malwa conta

aining 48

" taels and 100 taels respectively,

" on which de

duty.

was

charged

proportionately. For the "monopoly of the hoifong and

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