traffic in morphine in Formos.
▲ by the attitude of the Bureau 108 lon of the visit to the Opium factory
The laborious hioned memorandum.
La condusting the party to explain
Gaferuation had not been asked for
*1, de explain or give any account of
process of morphine extraetion, which sint of real interest and importance, worted as having been consistently the Bureau to all endeavours by
quession, have led me to certain of the lack of any safe opportunity died in a separate despatch. moreover resall Your Excellenoy's own
In
● your departure from Taihoku, when Mr.Kaku
så first sent to propose an interview and then, st Your Exellengy was desirous of information the step in the process of extraction of morphine
been explained, made a frivolous excuse and
wep the appointment.
may be maintained that, as the traffic in opium tves is or professes to be a domestic one,
❤ no sensern of foreign officials and that the
its rights in refusing to give information
this however it may be pointed out (2)
mant's supplies
largely
vient) obtained