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CHINA TRADE.
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No. 1.
Question asked in the House of Commons, June 4, 1907.
Mr. Rees,--To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Anti-opium Edict is of the same character, force, and validity as the ordinary official Edicts of the Chinese Government.
Answer.
As far as I am aware, the reply to the honourable Member's question is in the affirmative.
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