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The Head Bureau for the suppression of opium in the whole pro- vince of Kwang Tung hereby issue this notifiostion ordering the raw opium dealers to immediately apply for new licences. As regards the taxation on prepared oplum, His Excellency the Viceroy has telegraph- ically advised the Board of Finance, and received a reply sanctioning
our making a trial with the projeot. We have been instructed of same
by His Excellency, and have ordered the raw opium dealer who undertakes |
to collect the tax on prepared opium to fix a date for starting the
collection of this tax and to establish investigation and detection stations, and to appoint officials for this work, We have sent in a resi
port to His Excellency the Viceroy on the matter and informed other
officials of same, We find that all raw opium dealers have formerly
secured licences to carry on their business, which licences are renew- able annually, in accordance with regulations drawn up by the Board of Finance. Now that the scheme to collect the tax on prepared opium is Fon foot, It behoves us to investigate into the number of raw opfum
dealers, and issue new licences to them in exchange for the old ones. They are allowed to registar themselves as raw opium dealers and in
order to facilitate investigation, all raw opium dealers holding old 11canoes issued by us, are requested to bring them within five days,
and present them for examination after which new licences will be 18-
to them. They have also to prepare securities guaranteeing them-
#elves na sub-
-collectors of taxes on prepared opium. The securities will be checked by us, and the dealers will be registered afterwards.
We have deemed it fit to issue this notification whereby all raw opium
dealers are requested to obey our order, to find securities in the time
specified, and present them to us when taking out new licences in ex-
change fol the ld ones. The other raw opium deslers in the prefectura
sub-prerotures and districts in the province of Kwong Tung are të go
of their respective local authorities, and report and
708 and apply for new licences. If any of them has any
Terfent or neglectful, He will be ordered to close
inished. All who apply for new licences from
same soon as they come, without delay or
respect, obey and beware of this special
an the 23rd day of the 3rd Moon in the 2nd year
Suen Tung.