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unimising enggling gratefully received:)
would be
2.
hav
The Government of Stongkong
every
reason to sympathise.
with and assist that
of China
in the matter. Neither the-
Government not the Community
here is
interested in
sunggling,
the contrary, it would be in
every way
desirable to put as
stop to it if porcible. He Hongkong, Government collects, either dereeltey
by
its Opinux Farmer, a duty equal to about $90 per cheet
to colesl
e
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The large frices which hast
· practically a monopoly of the Open - boiling busines continually threatening, to go clauwhere, their special means of cvading Government charges
Macad, where they
bering
are)
allowed to prepare Opind at
uch lower rates than arocharged
the Government here, and
borg
from
in
which they have succaded) shipping, a good
I deals of
prepared Opium direct to Unchalia
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all Opineo prepared for smoking,
the Colony,
exported in the
prepared state. This duly which
should form excarly one fifth-
ช
the entire Revennes
bew
of
late
of
the forony years very difficult
to
There
of
course there is
Corcelack dangers
is a
both
of
illicit
preparations, and of the illicit introduction
of prepareds Opinus into the offences
which, with
and crafly
a
peop
Chinese),
be entirely pub doww.
fo lovey,
le so
adroit
te ver
3. Many