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disposal by sumuggling, should he elect to do so, only Opium
destined for local consumption; and in so small a number of
chests which he is permitted to boil for consumption there is
certainly not a large margin for clandestine export to China. From this standpoint of view the Concessionaire even remains in
worse conditions than the Hongkong Farmer who, according to the
information you have so kindly supplied me, can have recourse
for local consumption, if desired, to the whole quantity (900
chests) which he is allowed to boil annually.
4.
The employees of the Opium Bureau assist at
the boiling of Raw Opium at the Macao Ferm, and in this manner
the Government has the assurance that the Concessionaré is
absolutely impossible to dispose of imported Raw Opium other than for its conversion into prepared Opium.
5.
The importation of Raw Opium for the lacao
Farm has of late been made in large quantities at a time. This
fact is attributed to the prohibition of transshipment of un-
-certificated Opium at Hongkong where the market normally supplied the Concessionaire in Macao in small quantities rendering there-
-fore necessary direct importation from British India, and in the absence of shipping communication between India and kacao a
special steamer had to be chartered each time for the carriage of
an important shipment so as not to enhance the price of the commo-
-dity transported. Not all the Opium imported is inmediately
consumed, and at the Farm there is actually awaiting exportation a considerable deposit of prepared Opium.
6.
His Excellency the Governor does not doubt
that suuggling (not of Raw Opium because it is impossible) of prepared Opium could have been made either by the Concessionaire or more probably by individuals who make purchases from him for their consumption. As you correctly say, the tempting difference in price is in itself sufficient attraction for the purpose. It
should, however, be noted that within a short distance of Macao
and