Sir,
Enclosure No.3.
Macau, 9th July, 1927.
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I beg to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's favour No.3207/1927 and feel happy to be able to tender my sin-
cere thanks for Your Excellency's good will in assisting the
Macau Government in the difficulties which it has met to secure
rav opium for the use of the newly established Government
Administration in accordance with the International conditions
accepted by the Portuguese Government, in common with other
Governments.
I am grateful to Your Excellency especially for the efforts male on behalf of my Government, to secure from
His Excellency the Secretary of State for the Colonies the necessary authority to cede 10 chests of raw Indian Opium to
this Colony, and it is an indication of Your Excellency's
invaluable services that the British Government, in London,
acceded to Your Excellency's request.
In accordance with Your Excellency's suggestion I telegraphed to His Excellency the Minister for the Colonies
in Lisbon requesting him to employ the services of the Portuguese Embassy to the court of St. James to second Your
Excellency's many requests to grant supplies of raw Indian
Opium to this Colony, but so far I have not yet received
his reply.
I will telegraph again regarding this matter and
would request Your Excellency the favour not to allow this
subject to drop as it is my opinion that in every way the
supply of raw opium we need should, in preference, come from
Hong Kong, in restricted quantity entended entirely for local
consumption.
His Excellency
The Governor, HONG KONG.
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