instance he wants us to lind omselves to maintain
: as a matte
gfact
are
the opiam farm Imochty shall hit to
shall, but is pledge the Britick gav
to indefinite maintenance of the forming system is out of the question J'a ant and that his proposals which are
assume
•
rejected by the Horykay government & Sir H. Blatke, a Sin (Smitte & lagainst which the Hong Kong community and the Rix various Angis Chinese desociation
in aims.
Would be up as out of the quetion.
may be treated
The batternative then is procumably between M. Lockhart on p. 18 gf his report, under prevention of smuggling giver his opinion that ou
can best be made good by
by
pledge
to China
a
à bondia
the
and the
garant
seems to mal
Came recom
system? quando acting gover Weathe me mache mark
ke than what is now the practice, and much the I should be inclined to adult the play mondation Say which fir (ecil Smin and his Sa paper
Blatte, that is to say collecting
the for China. This will be done (I Attame, in putting an expat duty on All opium exported from Houghing to
H.
"duty for
Mailed
וי
marked
D
That is to
to would so for modify
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building.
say, the existing system as to have all opium imparted into one
But this hardly goes for enough, it` would seem, to prevent somuggling. both Sir fecil Smith and Fir #. Blake are in favor of actually collecting the
and
duty for 21255 and 21194
China See their memoranda
That is to say
impated
into
be should, as I understand bay down that all opium which is Homiriory must be imported in band: that none must be exported except out of bond and that a certain extor butr must be paid, which will represent the import duties now buried in China and
the whole of which, after deducing the Cost of collection, will be paid we to the Chinese garenment. In return not only
must there be no Chiese customs house
n
ti
or officers within the colony leased territory, but they should be as Six focil Smith suggests removed from the immediate vicinity of the crom?"
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