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paxation, while the raw opium dealers are not prejudiced thereby; but rreparad orium dealers, mokers and purchasers of rar ontum muet first repair to Fwong Wing Yuan Farmer's Office, to notify and apply for permits by virtue of which they are allowed to prepare opium, and then send them (permits) to our Investigating and Detecting
Afterwards permit
ag in order to see the amounts right or not.
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to buy onium will be issued to them, and the purchasers are thus
allowed to carry the purchased opium home. They must prepare all of it within three days and must not keep it, otherwise they are criminal
to the offence of secretly possessing opium, Whenever the raw opium dealers import raw opium, they must, after paying customer's duty,
report to us the number of obeste landed into godowas. The ray opium dealers must, when customers go to their shops to purchase raw opium, examine oarefully the permits to prepare opium and that to buy rav orium; before they are allowed to supply opium to their patronisers.
Trey (raw opium dealers ) wust each keep a record of sales and report it to us for cancellation, so as to facilitate investigation andavold
smuggling. All that appertain to this taxation do not, in the least, injure the business of the raw opium dealers.
Now that orium is being sincerely and striotly suppressed, and a time has been specified for the total suppression of native opium, forbiddence of its cultivation and gradual decrease of foreign oplum yearly, the idea of the Board of Finance hurrying on the scheme lies in the investigation into the amountof consumption and binding on the smokers, with the hope that the campaign of opium suppression may bear fruit. Raw and prepared opium dealers must act on these ragu-
ations, and profoundly obey them, They must not spread rumours,
trouble or intentionally oauge hindrance. If they dare to
she contrary purposely, they will be sent for to give up their ordered to close their shops, and severely punished, as a
to others. This taxation will be generally and gradually throught all places outside the limits of Canton.
hot and obey our special notification.
Issued on the 29th
4th Moon in the 2nd year of the reign of Emperor Suen Tung.