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In view of Macao's limited requirements,
excessive payment can only mean a programme of exten-
sive smuggling into China: and in face of the recently
concluded agreement with the Portuguese Government, the
price taken for the opium farm for the current year
may well be deemed to demand explanation.
It is obvious that in such an essentially
clandestine matter as smuggling, statistics of any
definiteness are impossible to obtain: but I venture
to submit that the particulars I have given above only
point to one conclusion that the smuggling of un-
certificated opium into China is extensive in amount
and fairly general in locality and route.
I am satisfied that the greater portion of un-
certificated opium sold by the Government of India in
excess of 9000 chests per annum will find its way into
China by smuggling. And it is with infinite regret
that I see a likelihood of a position already difficult
being rendered still more so by the determination of
the Government of India to increase rather than to de-
crease the sales of uncertificated opium.
I have &c.,
(Signed)
J.N. Jordan.