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MEMORANDUM.
Ruck Po14 DEC 12
On September 7th. lest His Majesty's Minister had the
honour to receive from His Excellency Ir. Lu Cheng-heiang,
the former Minister for Foreign Affairs, a lote enclosing
copy of a report by the Commissioner of Custons at Lappa on
the subject of the opium trade in Macao, and requesting that
the matter might be brought to the attention of His Majesty's
Government.
In compliance with that request, a translation of the
Fote in question, together with e cony of its enclosure,
was duly forwarded by Sir John Jordan to Pis Majesty's
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The reply now
received from Sir Edward Grey states that on June 28th.
last His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Lisbon was
instructed to invite the Portuguese Covernment to fix the
maximum amount of opium that might be imported annually
into Macac and to undertake to enforce the restriction.
It was pointed out that, if the Fortuguese Government fixea
a limit for the import of opium, the Government of India
had expressed their readiness to restrict the export to
Macao
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