$14
copy of
$900,000, I have sent a c
the regulations to the
"Provincial Treasurer and have "ordered him in conjunctic
" with the Leken Board and
Deputy from the General
Board for collecting the
Jax
dopium
prepared
to investigate the master
at ON-CO
and send in a
report without delay"
The Treasurer and Boards (who were this proclamation) having carefully examined
into the matter on receipt of these instructions and reported thereon, received.
the awe wer
wer from the Viceroy
and
and
17
Governor Sanctioning
the scheme. To now besides
author
prising Petitioners to establish collectorates for
collecting the taxes in
accordance
ceord.
with the permissin
granted them, it is also
right to iseve a proclamation Know ye therefore, traders eat and small, that if
opeat
trade in opium
you
you
must
give a declaration
of
and
pay the
the
such in accordance) with
regulations, a
prepared opium
and hoi.
-fong dues, so that the opium
may
be examined and
stamped at a
collectorate
Do