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In this connection I would also refer to paragraph 3 of
my Confidential Despatch of the 16th. of last July. I
have asked the local firms in question to furnish me with
proof of the accuracy of their statement that Opium con-
-signed to and sold by Messrs. Sales and Company at Canton
escapes the new levy when sent into the interior, and I
would now refer Your Lordship to their reply of the 3rd.
instant marked VII on the schedule which I have commmunicate d
to His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant,
Amaz
Officer Administering the Govern
-ment.