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the Customs the Tariff Duty of 30 taels per chest of 100
catties, and also a sum not exceeding 80 taels per like
chest as likin: that, after such payment, the Raw Opium
shall be repacked by the Customs in bond: that the Customs
shall then, if required, issue a transit certificate to the
owner, freeing the Opium to which it applies from the
imposition of any further tax or duty while in transport in
when
the interior: and that/the package shall have been opened
at the place of consumption the Opium shall not be subject-
-ed to any tax or contribution, direct or indirect,
other
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than or in excess of such tax a contribution as is or may
be hereafter levied on native opium.
7.
It is clear that the regulations
now issued by the Kwong Yun General Office violate this
Treaty by requiring report to that General Office as well
as to the Customs, by requiring all purchasers of Raw Opium
to hold a licence from the General Office, by prohibiting
purchasers from storing Opium in its raw condition, and by
imposing an additional tax of 15 cents per tael on the Raw
Opium.
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8.
I have endeavoured to ascertain
what procedure is adopted by the Kuangtung Government in
the case of native opium and more especially whether the
additional