Office or Individual.
Soon Sir &
MP
1908
June.
Last previous Paper.
HONG KONG
No. 20460
(Subject.)
Opium Grade.
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Argues importance of postponing the
suppression of the
in Hong Kong on
account of serious depression in trade
(Minutes.)
Sir Antrobus
generally
Midda
Statements made
5
Sir E. Sassoon
shared he received with Š.
Suspicion
not
only
a
much evidence
Put by
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general grounds (and Brunei papers afford
The
his habit of reckless asserting
but because as
the opium
I am
made.
not aware
very greatly
interested
is
that Hong Kong
"Suffering severely" from bad trade. To evidence that effect he put forward
has
that
we do
know that trade and generally is in a state of depression
As to the fall
in silver, the dollar
is now $1.956 - which is certainly a good deal
lower
than
it was
higher than
years.
I was
last
on many
your.
but it is
occasions in recent
Plague has been endemic for long that people must have got used
to it
& it thankfully