INTERNATIONAL ANTI-OPIUM ASSOCIATION, PEKING.
22, Erh Tiao Huntung,
Peking,
December20th, 1920.
His Excellency,
Sir Reginald Stubbs, K.Č.M.G.,
Government House,
Hongkong.
Sir,
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The Board of Directors of the International Anti-Opium Association, Peking, has instructed me to respetfully request Your Excellency the favour of certair
information.
In order to make clear the character of the
information desired it is necessary to state that recently two of the Directors had an interview with Mr. Holyoak, a member of the Hongkong Legislative Assembly who made the following statements to them:-
1.That the Hongkong Government is gradually extin guishing the importation of opium into the Colony.
2.That the Hongkong Government is reducing its opium revenue by a fixed percentage yearly to a date about three years hence when this Hongkong Opium Revenue
will be completely abolished.
3. That in consequence of arrangements between the British and Chinese Governments the Hongkong opium revenue has been considerably reduced, while the Chinese Government, or its officials, having at a certain time abolished Chinese opium productions are now securing opium revenue, and are thus causing an unfair loss to the Hongkong Government.
As regards the first statement (1) it is nated from the Chinese Customs Returns that the amount
of