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Extract from "Sin Wan Pao" dated 4th July, 1907.
Government Opium Monopoly Bureau and appointment of Officers.
The closing up of all Opium Shops at Nanking will be at the end of the 6th moon. The finance department authorities have taken steps to raise capital for the preparing and sale of Opium which will become a Government Monopoly and in this connection a station will be established in every section of the City. These stations to the number of 5, will each be under the charge of one deputy and two gentry and will be put under a General Bureau. Viceroy Tuan of the 2 Kiang has appointed Prefect Lo Shu Shing to be the President and Inspector of the Bureau, which will be in working order in the near future.
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