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CHINA TRADE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
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[December 14.]
SECTION 3REC 2 JAN 09
Question asked in the House of Commons, December 14, 1908.
Mr. Belloc,--To ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can give the amount of opium shipped from Bombay during the year 1906, the names of the six largest shippers of the same, and the respective amount shipped by each of these.
Answer.
The Secretary of State will ask the Government of Bombay if they can supply the information which the honourable Member requires.
Mr. Belloc.-Shall I get the answer in January?
Mr. Buchanan.---I am writing out for the information, and hope to get an early reply.
Mr. Swift MacNeill.-In the Ides of March?
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