Enclosure 23rd Nov 1893
Even so, information is available in the enclosed copy of a letter addressed to the Secretary, Royal Commission on Opium, by the Colonial Secretary.
I have the honour to be, My Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant,
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Colonial Secretary to the Secretary, Royal Commission on Opium, Calcutta.
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N. 1646.
Sir,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd November, 1893.
With reference to the despatch, of which a copy is annexed, from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, I am directed to acquaint you, for the information of the Royal Commission on Opium, that it is not possible to state with precision the amount of opium annually consumed in Hong Kong.
The following amounts of raw opium have been boiled by the farmer (who has the monopoly of prepared opium in Hongkong) during...