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No.
576
Hongkong.
RECE
C3 210
C.O.
1911
P10 JAN 04!
Goverment House,
Hongkong, 16th. December, 1903.
sir.
Foo
38558
In reply to your Despatch No. 398 of the
4th. ultimo, I have the honour to state that from information
supplied by Mr. Tan Joo Chin, one of the Opium Farmers, it
appears that the price of one tael weight of Prepared Oplum
was $2 previous to September 6th., whereas at present it is
$2.50 and that the future rate will be $3 for the same quantity.
The corresponding retail prices to purchasers in the shops are
2, 3, 34 cents per candereen, which is the 100th. part of a
tael. Mr. Tan also states that the price in the Straits Set-
tlements per tael is from $2.20 to $3 which will next year be
raised to $4 and that the present price in the retail shops
there is 3 cents per candareen.
I have the honour to be,
HE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ALFRED LYTTELTON, M.P.,
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2c0.
sir,
Your most obedient
Humble servant,
Amaz
Officer
Aministering the Goverment.
NYD