chest. not my expensis spart from other changes.
I am
afraid stance. of getting India to sell duint o the [ut with have to employ gouts of some sort. Whether Tassion's the a good agent is another svertoon
that there is little, if any,
Aug how I think we can wait till it has
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ONFIDENTIAL.
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
HONGKONG. 13th. June, 1913.
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Sir,
With reference to paragraph 8 of my Confidenti-
-al Despatch of 5th. June, I have the honour to forward the en- -closed copy of a letter which I have caused to be sent to the
Government of India.
2.
r. E. Shellim of Messrs. D. Sassoon and Company informed the Colonial Secretary recently that his firm's charges for the supply of Raw Opium to this Government would be:-
ark him why
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as is done in the 5.5.)
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the suffly
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"Commission.
Storage and insurance..
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$2.25 per mensem per
chest if the price was Rupees 3,500 or under: slight increase if value increased much over that figure.
All other charges, freight, coolie-labour, etc., as per bills rendered; Government to have benefit of any re-
-bates on the first item."
3.
Mr. Shellim said that the 1% commission is at
the usual business rate and that it, of course, includes the work
done by the firm's Calcutta house.
4.
If satisfactory arrangements cannot be made with the Government of India I propose, subject to your authorize- -tion, to purchase raw opium as needed from Lessrs. D. Sassoon and Company or, should the market be favourable, to purchase in large
quantities
E RIGHT HONOURABLE
LE IS HARCOURT, M.P.,
&C..
&C.,
&c...