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2. That of the quantity to be offered for sale each month not more than 1,360 chests will be Benares opium and not more than 1,260 chests Patna opium.
3. That no reduction will be made in these quantities without three months' previous notice.
J. S. MESTON,
Secretary to the Government of India.
[This Document is the Property of His Britannis Majesty's Government.]
Simla, June 27, 1910.
OPIUM.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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SECTION 1.
(Telegraphic.) R.
Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan.
Foreign Office, July 3, 1911.
GOVERNMENT of India telegram of 29th June: Opium.
You should bring the difficulty in respect to article & to the notice of the Chinese Government, and request them to accept concurrent numbering of Bengal and Malwa chests for the current year.
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