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# CHINA TRADE
**CONFIDENTIAL**
RES(22 Aug 06)
[May 22.]
SMOTION 1.
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No. 1.
Question asked in the House of Commons, May 22, 1906.
Mr. Bright, To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there is any Treaty or Agreement between this country and the Chinese Government which empowers us to introduce opium into China, even if its introduction were objected to by that Government.
Answer.
Foreign opium is imported into China on payment of a duty of 30 taels per 100 catties, with the addition of a li-kin not exceeding 80 taels per 100 catties, by virtue of the Additional Article to the Chefoo Convention of 1876, signed in London in 1885. This arrangement may be terminated by either party giving twelve months' notice.
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