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calculated to assist the Chinese Government
in securing that the decrease of the growth
and consumption of opium in China itself
keeps pace with the decrease of the import
The Imperial Decree of the
from India.
Chinese Government confirms this view.
With regard to the action of His Maj-
esty's Government in opposing the estab-
lishment of monopolies in the open ports,
owing, as the Memorialists are aware, to
certain Treaty provisions, His Majesty's
Government are bound to uphold British
Treaty rights to which such monopolies would
clearly constitute a contravention.
But,
while opposing such proposals as this,
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Majesty's Government have been careful to
make it clear to the Chinese Government that
they have every desire to support "bona
fide" steps for the suppression of the evils
arising