¦ with presumably suffer if sales an stopped.
So far as we are concerned, uncertified opsins
is puist as, if not more, important.
n
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holing
14ch
copy
If the Sale
sent to other.
R".
of certified oprium is
stopped. I stid suppose that
the
sunggling of uncertificated pium
from macas wo be rather inimesed
thair not
how
iter's
I don't clearly understand purposed action wo
anybody except the Sassoms.
Whitt smuggling gos mouilly
the
I ain't see how the
REJII.
jurscent stock will bens für much
unters India Discontinues vals of opium
attojothes.
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\35 11 JUN 12
The Officer Administering the Government of
Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
(Received, Colonial Office, 9.40 a.m., 11th June 1912)
A serious financial situation possibly may
ariss through the heavy fall in the price of certified
opium of Rs.1700 per chest at the June sales: this is
attributed to illegal restrictions in certain provinces on opium trade and to the smuggling of uncertified
opium from Macao and Kuang-chow-wan into China.
Slight fall only in the price of uncertified opium
bears out latter contention. The Hong Kong Shanghai 1
Bank, Chartered Bank of India Australia and China and the Chamber of Commerce su port Sassoon's request
that the Government of India should discontinue forth-
roup indecipherable with the sale of certified opium Pir-so far to)
agreement with China can he made effective.
On May prices the present stock of Indian
opium bought for China is valued at 12 million pounds. Despatch followe
SEVERN.
C. D.
R.IS
D.