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Sir:-
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REGO 9 APR 14,
March 7th, 1914.
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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your despatch No. 21 of the 27th of January, transmit-
ting copy of a letter, with enclosures, from the India
Office, respecting the sales of uncertificated opium,
The
and requesting me to furnish information regarding the
smuggling of uncertificated opium into China.
India Office asks for information regarding the extent
to which uncertificated opium is smuggled into China,
and the routes which it is believed to follow.
With regard to the extent to which uncertificated
opium is smuggled into China, I am still of opinion
that the difference between the total uncertified
export from India and the actual requirements of non-
China consumers approximately represents the amount
of the drug smuggled into China. I observe that the
amount of uncertificated Indian Opium to be sold in
1914 was fixed, in September last, by the Government
The Pight Honourable
of
Sir Edward Grey, Part., K
800.
&C.,