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It was pointed out by the principal spokesman in the debate (Mr. M. Stewart) that the indirect loss which the Colony will suffer by the suppression of the Opium Trade will probably be very large indeed, and will affect all branches of business in the Colony.
This loss, I think, the Community are not unwilling to bear in support of the Imperial policy to which all express their adherence, and the resentment and indignation to which such strong expression has been given by the Unofficials, is confined to the direct loss of Revenue consequent upon what they consider to be an over-rapid extinction of the Divans. Your Lordship will observe that although the Ordinance in question contains various strong measures of restriction and control of the Farm, no opposition was offered to any of its clauses.
4. In these circumstances, I venture to hope that His Majesty's Government will place a liberal interpretation upon the promise conveyed to me in Your Lordship's Confidential Despatch of the 8th of last January, and I desire especially to draw Your Lordship's attention to the fact that the loss which will be incurred by this Government as the direct result of measures adopted under the instructions of His Majesty's Government will be