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enclore, which I believe to be satis-
factory to all parties.
copies of the draft Ordinance "A"
2.
I also enclover
referred to in that despatch of
6th July, and of
*
an amended drafte
"Z" which differs from the former
by striking out the word "Raw"
Opium "Farmer" and by prohibiting the sale or export of Opium in quantities less than one chest, a provision which has practi-
cally been the law in the Straits Settlements for years past. It
was contemplated from the first
to put the control of all opium
under the prepared opium Farmer,
who
2 copies
2 coper
who has a large staff of Excise Officers,
and whose interest in the
control is very great,
proper
The arrangements
first proposed, a number of which the draft ordinance "A" gives effect,
were accepted by the Chinese Commissioners on
the 14th of July and by
the Chinese Government
on the 14th
of that month: but whilst Sir Thomas
was negotiating at Macau
an
arrangements of an equivalent nature with the Government of that Colony, further consideration here and con-
sultation with the Opium Farmer
showed that it would be more satisfactory to the Chinese Govern-
ment, and more advantageous in
many