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From what I bave seen and heard, the conclusion at which I have arrived in regard To Kansu is that on the whole there has been a reduction in cultivation, and that that reduction amounts to something under 25 per cent., or about half the estimate communicated to me by the high authorities of the province.
Peking, October 19, 1910.
ALEX. HOSIE,
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
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Sir,
Foreign Ofice to Mr. T. L. Maxırell.
Foreign Office, November 4, 1910. I AM directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Sth ultimo, enclosing a copy of a resolution respecting the opium question in China passed at a meeting of the representative board of British Anti-Opiuni Societies, held on the 29th September last.
In reply to this communication, I am to state that His Majesty's Government are at present carefully considering, in friendly communication with the Chinese Government, the course of action to be pursued with a view to co-operating with that Government in measures for the restriction and ultimate extinction of opium traffic and the opium habit in China, and that they anticipate that the settlement which they hope shortly to complete will be found not to be wanting in generosity to China or at variance with the policy of the Chinese Gloverument itself.
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