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enchanced so that, 28 a natural consequence, the number of smokers
be diminished. From a similar statement of His Excellency the
Governor of Hongkong, who last year said that by raising the price
of opium, its prohibition would be made effective, it may be seen
that the opium levy is a measure indispensable to the prohibition.
The reasoning is identical in both cases.
Moreover, the institution of these prohibitory regula-
tions, the founding of the Anti-Opium Society, the appointment of
investigation officers to issue licences,etc, all involve a heavy
expenditure, which it is impossible to raise except from the smo-
kers themselves. The procedure is similar to that of European
Governments, who invariably provide the cost of any fresh legis -
lation from the pockets of those concerned. The prohibition of
opium and the levy of a prepared opium tax are, therefore measures
not dissimilar from those of all other countries.
You have previously stated that the opium importers are
also aware that this trade is destined to eventual extinction words showing your thorough acquaintance with practical affairs. if there is no intention to suppress opium, well and good, but if practical suppression is to be taken in hand, then the foreign opium trade must daily decrease until it becomes extinct. Under no circumstances can opium suppression go hand in hand with a distri- bution of foreign opium. Moreover, prohibitory regulations of
every kind, not only the opium levy, must in the nature of things
This is a conclusion, from which indirectly affect foreign opium. there is no escape, and is not a result attributable to the im- position of a time limit for boiling down, alone.
It is your duty to support the interests of the British merchants importing foreign opium, and in view of our mutually friendly relations, I am reluctant to place any difficulties in your way in a matter of such trivial importance. The Opium Pro- hibition Bureau have, in obedience to my instructions, gone into the matter thoroughly and they report that the time limit for boiling down opium was originally imposed in order to prevent
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