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November 26th, 1906.
In continuation of my despatch No. 391 of Septen-
ber 30th last, I have the honour to transmit to you
herewith in translation copy of the Regulations
which have been framed for the enforcement of the
Opium Fdict of September 20th. This paper has been
furnished to me privately by His Excellency Tong
Shoa-yi, but I understand that it will be made pub-
lic in the course of a few days.
The Regulations are drawn up in eleven Articles.
The first deals with the restriction of the cul-
tivation of the drug. enumerates the provinces in
which it is chiefly grown, and enjoins on all Gover-
nors General and Governors to have accurate returns
made of the acreage under puppy cultivation and com-
pel the cultivators to diminish the area of cultiva-
tion by one ninth each year until the production en-
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