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No SECRET
BHO & Cofing
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG
25th February, 1929.
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Sir,
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AL OFFIC
COLONIAL
In your Secret (2) despatch of the 12th
April, 1928,' you stated that it would be permissible
for the Hong Kong Government to purchase Persian opium
to supplement the decreasing supplies of Indian opium
available to this Colony, so far as these are not
sufficient to meet the demand for Government opium
at present prices.
2.
The prospective allotment of Indian opium
to Hong Kong is as follows:-
al
2. Mayraza
Year
1929 1930 1931 1932
1933
1934 1935.
Chests 171 147
122 98
73
49
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After the year 1935 nothing will be allotted.
This
allotment was based upon the average quantity of Indian
opium actually imported by Hong Kong during the five
years 1922 1926 and a consequent maximum allowance of
220 chests in 1927, which since then has been
progressively reduced.
Now the population of this
Colony was estimated in 1926 to be 874,420 souls. The
present population cannot be less than one million souls
J8.4. 144/2622, 12, 6/31. (9420) m. 45.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
and
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