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OPIUM.
CONFIDENTIAL.
RECE
T73
[DeceR 23.JAN 13,
SECTION 1,
[53143]
No. 1.
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.-(Received December 13.)
Sir,
Downing Street, December 12, 1912.
with I AM directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to transmit to
you, reference to letter from the Colonial Office of the 21st November, copy of certain papers on the subject of the shipments of Indian opium for Macao.
I am, &c.
JOHN ANDERSON.
(Confidential.) Sir,
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Governor Sir F. May to Mr. Harcourt.
Hong Kong, October 23, 1912. IN continuation of my despatch of the 27th July, marked Confidential, I have the honour to confirm my telegram of the 22nd instant, informing you that 251 chests of Patna opium had been shipped from Calcutta to Macao, and to transmit copy of correspondence with Messrs. David Sassoon and Co. (Limited) on the subject.
I have, &c.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
F. H. MAY.
Sir,
Messrs. D. Sassoon and Co. to Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong.
Hong Kong, October 18, 1912. WE have the honour to inform you that we have just received a cable informing us that 251 chests of Patna opium have been shipped from Calcutta for Macao,
We have previously advised you of heavy shipments of Bengal opium for Macao, very considerably in excess of the legitimate requirements of that port, and believe that representations have been made to the Macao Government with a view of restricting their supplies to their actual requirements, and would be pleased if you could inform us if anything has resulted.
We have, &c.
E. SHELLIM, Manager.
Enclosure 3 in No. 1.
Gentlemen,
Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, to Messrs. D. Sassoon and Co.
Hong Kong, October 22, 1912. I AM directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th October with regard to a shipment of Patna opium from Calcutta for Macao.
2. In reply to the second paragraph, I am to state that His Britannic Majesty's Minister in Peking, in response to the communication which I advised you in my letter of the 11th September has been made to him in the matter, has informed his Excellency the governor that the question of the large imports of uncertificated opium into Macao was not one which his legation could take up vis-à-vis the Chinese Government, but that a copy of his Excellency's telegram had been repeated to the Foreign Office and the matter had formed the subject of representation by the Chinese to the Portuguese and British Governments.
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