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smuggling work for syndicates in Manila or Hongkong. Members of the crews are willing to run a great deal
of risk in return for the large profits made and consequently no amount of care with the present small guard of detectives suffices to prevent the opium being taken on board. Cases have occurred where the sellers of the opium in Hongkong wired information to the author- ities in Manila te obľɑin the reward given te informers. I am informed that all the opium saizad here by the Customs is marked Amey and apparently does not as a rule
come from the opium Farmer.
Guard on board the steamers.
I made a special point of interrogating these masters regarding the adequacy of the guara en board and I found that the general opinion amongst them is that the present system of only stationing two Chinese detectives by day and twe by night is wholly inadequate and corroborates the statement made by the Acting
before referred to. Collector of Customs (Enclosure 10) The general opinion is that Chinase detectives are
undesirable for acting as guards in this particular instance and that the number employed should be increased, especially at night, and that particular attention should be paid to guarding the forecastle day and night as opium
Various opinions are is often hauled up over the bows.
held as to the number and nationality of the detectives required, but an idea prevails that, whatever the number or nationality of the detectives employed, whether they he Europeans, Sikhs or Chiness, a European inspecter should be present day and night in order to keep the detectives
up to their duty.
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