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whole opium trade in Macao under complete control.
Should Your Excellency see fit to favour me
will full particulars of your requirements I should be
prepared, should you so desire, to make representations
on this subject to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, but I should not be able to do so with any hope of success unless full details were available to justify the amount
of Indian opium which Your Excellency considers to be
necessary.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your Excellency's most obedient servant,
(SD). C. CLEMENTI,
Governor, &c.
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