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inspection is in force and there is no open importa-tion into Hongkong. As, however, prepared opium
sells at over $3 an ounce in Hongkong
price paid in the interior of China
twice the
it is inevita-ble that some smuggling should go on for the sake of
the profit obtainable. Most of this prepared opium
is brought from Shanghai, Swatow and the West River
by steamships and sailing vessels of various classes,
which anchor in British waters where we are unable
to search them".
The Viceroy states that he has ordered all Cus-toms and likin stations, as well as the Commissioners
of Customs and local authorities, to take preventive
measures and has issued a proclamation in explicit
terms with a view to putting a stop to the illicit
trade in opium.
On the 22nd instant the Board presented a
Memorial to the Throne stating that the British Gov-ernment had agreed that each country should take steps to prevent the smuggling of opium into its own territory, and recommending that the trade in pre-pared