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REG 12 APR 13
[March 12.]
SECTION 3.
[11582]
No. 1.
Sir,
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.-(Received March 12)
Downing Street, March 11, 1913.
I AM directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to transmit to you, with reference to letter from the Colonial Office of the 24th January, copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong on the subject of the shipment from Calcutta to Macao of 245 chests of uncertified opium.
I am, &c.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Gorernor Sir F. May to Mr. Harcourt.
JOIN ANDERSON.
(Confidential.) Sir,
Hong Kong, January 31, 1913. IN continuation of my despatch, Confidential, of the 30th November, I have the honour to confirm my telegram of the 30th January, in which I informed
you that Messrs. I). Sassoon and Co. (Limited) had reported a further direct shipment of 245 chests of uncertified opium from Calcutta to Macao.
I have, &c.
[2850 m-
-3]
F. H. MAY.