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(2) To ascertain the best means of suppressing
Opium traffic, if such now exists, among the nationals
of this Government in the Far East.
(3) To be in a position so that when the Commission meets at Shanghai our Representatives may be prepared to co-operate with the Representatives of participating Powers, and with them to offer definite suggestions of measures which these Governments may adopt for the gradual suppression of Opium cultivation, traffic and use within their Eastern Possessions, thus assisting China in her purpose of eradicating the evil from her Empire.
(4) To be able to inform the whole Commission when it assembles regarding regulations and restrictions in force at present in this country, and to formulate and discuss proposals for amending such regulations in points in which they may be found, in the course of the Joint Investigation, to affect the production, commerce use and disadvantages of Opium in the Far East.
American Embassy,
London.
November 21st, 1908.