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OPIUM.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
Rro 22 AUG 11
[July 25.]
SECTION 3.
Question asked in the House of Commons, July 25, 1911.
Sir Hildred Carlile,-To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether representations have been made to the Government at Peking on the subject of the levying at Canton of illegal taxes on imports from India, in disregard of article 7 of the recent agreement between His Majesty's Government and that of China; and whether he can say what steps, if any, have been taken by the Government of China in the matter?
Answer.
The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. His Majesty's Government trust that, in view of their representations, the Chinese Government will require the Viceroy of Canton to comply with their undertaking that Indian opium, on payment of the consolidated duty at the enhanced rate, shall be exempt from any futher taxation whatever at the port of import.
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