100 P Y.
Enclosure 1.
The Hon. Mr. A. M. Thomson,
Colonial Secretary,
sir,
RECR
958
REGP 9 JAN 13
Hongkong, 16th. December, 1912.
98
In continuation of our letter dated the 11th.
instant addressed by ourselves and all the other Opium merchants
to His Excellency the Governor, we have the honour to bring to
your notice that according to the native papers the Tutuh of
Canton has received a motification from the Minister for Internal
Affairs that all opium smoking must cease at the end of this year and that all prepared opium shops must be closed after the 26th.
instant.
We shall be much obliged if His Excellency the
Governor will wire this report to the Secretary of State for the
Colonies and to His Majesty's Minister at Peking.
Te have etc.,
(sd.) R. D. Joseph,
Manager,
David Sassoon & Co.,Ltd.
(Sa.) E. D. Sassoon & Co.