CO129-020 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [5-8] — Page 182

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you appear to anticipate, Imust however defer

any expression of mny opinion upon

this onlyect

mutil I shall be in

possession of furcht information as to the practical working of the Regulations adopted!

trave I have se

now

A formal petition of all the...

Firms and

and shops of this settlement; who

Honor to

conjointly entreat Your

dissolve the monopoly ( of Opium),

that all our

fluish .

establishments

may

4.0-

Your people whether engaged

in a small or large trade, have from

their arrival in

this

all.

Colony, all

principally derived their profits from the (sale) of Opium. Last however this commodily

a

monopoly, and every

in it,

As

4.vas

200n að

ove

year

was made

who dealt

exposed to heavy fines .

very the Merchants of the in

different places heard of this, they

leath to come

were

hither, and hencë we

have found it difficult to dispose of

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