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Conclosure 5.
Enclosure 4.
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4th. September, 1907, are described in the Despatches noted
in the annexed list. Your Lordship will observe that the
aim of this Government has been to secure that, in the
event of legislation being passed in Hongkong to prohibit
the export of Prepared Opium from the Colony to China, an
Imperial Decree should be issued by the Emperor of China
prohibiting the export of Prepared Opium from China to
Hongkong.
4.
In his Despatch of the 15th.
ultimo Sir John Jordan informed me that an Imperial Decree
to the desired effect had been issued, and I accordingly
proceeded with the Bill which had been introduced into the
Legislative Council on the 14th. of last May in anticipa-
-tion of the issue of the Decree.
5.
Meanwhile on the 23rd. April last
the Consul for France at Hongkong addressed a letter to
the Colonial Secretary, proposing at the instance of the
Government of French Indo-China, that the export of Pre-
-pared Opium from Hongkong to Indo-China and from Indo-
China to Hongkong should be similarly prohibited. I
enclose copies of the correspondence on this subject result
-ing in the adoption of the proposal.
6.