brand in brass five tael tins. The die with which the tins were embossed was evidently a new one, and had been little used, whilst the lettering was different from that hitherto encountered. Enquiries made by the Macao Government were unsuccessful, as the joss-stick dealer, who had been shipping this opium to his agent in Hong Kong packed in cases of joss-sticks, at once closed down on being warned of the seizure here. Another scheme for importing Red Lion brand in soy barrels in consignments of soy was discovered; but not before several shipments had got through. A large number of invoices from the Macao firm was seized giving an address, but the Macao Authorities were unable to discover the firm concerned. It is certain that few steamers leaving Macao for Hong Kong did not bring prepared opium. This was mostly dumped into the sea near Cheung Chow Island, and recovered by small fishing boats specially engaged. The opium when retrieved was generally taken to sampans moored inside the typhoon shelter at Yaumati whence it was brought ashore in small quantities, as required, by women and children.
15. The name of Kwong Chow Wan was once again frequently mentioned as the source from which the American market was being supplied. It is significant that while only prepared opium from the Saigon Regie factory was on sale there, Kwong Chow Wan ceased to be of importance in the prepared opium market, and was rarely heard of.
16. An interesting discovery was made in a house outside the Eastern entrance of the Harbour. A complete boiling and packing outfit was seized, and numbers of new empty five-tael tins stamped "555", as well as the dies for stamping the marks and material and tools for making the tins. A large number of documents seized showed that about 200 taels had been boiled every night over a considerable period. The mixture included four to eight pounds of Persian opium, 20 to 30 taels of opium dross and the remainder Chinese opium. Such tins had never been seized here, and other administrations to whom samples were sent reported that they had never encountered them. It was finally proved that the house was the same house which was the scene of an attempted case of extortion from an opium dealer on the part of four Chinese Revenue Officers at the end of 1929. Little opium was seized as the material was always brought in at midnight by sampan, accompanied by the staff of boilers and brass workers.
17. (B) Raw Opium.-Persian opium was seized in unusually large quantities at the beginning of the year immediately after the arrival of the S.S. Toyo Maru VI at Macao and S.S. Tjinnoun at Whampoa. Both of these ships had cleared with opium from Bushire, the latter having stated openly that Canton was the destination of the opium. The export labels of the Canton Opium Suppression Bureau were found on a
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brand in brass five tael tins. The die with which the tins were embossed was evidently a new one, and had been little used, whilst the lettering was different from that hitherto encountered. Enquiries made by the Macao Government were unsuccessful, as the joss-stick dealer, who had been shipping this opium to his agent in Hong Kong packed in cases of joss-sticks, at once closed down on being warned of the seizure here. Another scheme for importing Red Lion brand in soy barrels in consign- ments of soy was discovered; but not before several shipments had got through. A large number of invoices from the Macao firm was seized giving an address, but the Macao Authorities were unable to discover the firm concerned. It is certain that few steamers leaving Macao for Hong Kong did not bring prepared opium. This was mostly dumped into the sea near Cheung Chow Island, and recovered by small fishing boats specially engaged. The opium when retrieved was generally taken to sampans moored inside the typhoon shelter at Yaumati whence it was brought ashore in small quantities, as required, by women and children.
15. The name of Kwong Chow Wan was once again frequently mentioned as the source from which the American market was being supplied. It is significant that while only prepared opium from the Saigon Regie factory was on sale there, Kwong Chow Wan ceased to be of importance in the prepared opium market, and was rarely heard of.
16. An interesting discovery was made in a house outside the Eastern entrance of the Harbour. A complete boiling and packing outfit was seized, and numbers of new empty five- tael tins stamped "555", as well as the dies for stamping the marks and material and tools for making the tins. A large number of documents seized showed that about 200 taels had been boiled every night over a considerable period. The mixture included four to eight pounds of Persian opium, 20 to 30 taels of opium dross and the remainder Chinese opium. Such tins had never been seized here, and other administrations to whom samples were sent reported that they had never encountered them. It was finally proved that the house was the same house which was the scene of an attempted case of extortion from an opium dealer on the part four Chinese Revenue Officers at the end of 1929. Little opium was seized as the material was always brought in at midnight by sampan, accompanied by the staff of boilers and brass workers.
17. (B) Raw Opium.-Persian opium was seized in un- usually large quantities at the beginning of the year immediately after the arrival of the S.S. Toyo Maru VI at Macao and S.S. Tjinnoun at Whampoa. Both of these ships had cleared with opium from Bushire, the latter having stated openly that Canton was the destination of the opium. The export labels of the Canton Opium Suppression Bureau were found on a
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