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Goverment
House,
Hongkong, 16th.December, 1908.
sir,
With reference to Your Excellency's despatch
of the 16th. of last June on the subject of the Imperial Decree prohibiting the import of raw opium from China to
this Colony, I have the honour to transmit the enclosed
copy of correspondence which has passed between this Governe
ment and His Majesty's Acting Consul General at Canton as
to the smuggling of raw opium into this Colony, from China.
I have the honour to be,
sir,
Your Excellency's most obedient
servant,
(Sa) P. D. LUGARD,
Governor, &c.
His Britannic Majesty's Minister,
PEKIN
G.