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This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.)
CHINA TRADE,
CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
441
[November 2.]
SECTION 1,
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received November 2.)
(No. 438.) Sir,
WITH reference to my despatch No. 205 of the 30th April last, I have the honour
Peking, September 18, 1907. to transmit to you herewith copy of a despatch which I have received from Mr. Sundius, Acting British Consul at Chinkiang, reporting that a notice has been issued by the Municipal Council, prohibiting the sale of prepared opium within the limits of the Concession.
I have, &c.
(Signed) J. N. JORDAN.
Inclosure in No. 1.
Acting Consul Sundius to Sir J. Jordan.
(No. 12.) Bir,
IN reply to your despatch No. 9a, I have the honour to state that copy of your
Chinkiang, August 25, 1907. No. 6 was communicated to the Chairman of the Chinkiang Municipal Council as soon as it was received by myself. This was read at the next Council meeting, and I was informed that due effect would be given to your wishes. A notice has now been issued by the Council, prohibiting the sale of prepared opium within the limits of the Concession, thus anticipating any similar action on the part of the Chinese authorities outside. It does not entail any real hardship on the licensed opium dealers, six in all, not one, as I had been previously misinformed, who one and all have denied to emissaries of mine that they dealt in the prepared drug.
The last opium-smoking establishment in the Concession was closed in 1891, not 1897, as stated in my despatch No. 11.
I have, &c. (Signed) A. J. SUNDIUS.
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