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Ithis memorial they humbly His Majesty to peruses.

In December 1876 M3

Karl wrote to call attention to

the fact that in a previous dispatch he had pointed out, that there would be no

difficulties in the way of collecting the regular duty

opimme at those stations around Hongsting and Macae at which

the Pixin was collected.

The contents of Mr Harts despatch had been communicated by the Foreign office through the Board to the Governor Generals of the Give Rwany Provinces, with requist that he would examine

into the matter and reply.

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(The reply had been received on which the Foreign office). wrote to him (Mr Hart) saying

since

that

the (Authorities) of the Canton

Province

were unw

innwilling to taxe the matter in hand, there was

nothing

for it to be done but for him to introduce the

himself.

The quantity of opium

MZ

(continued Mr. Hart) conveyed to

HongKong

in 1869, was about:

azcev chosts, while the ofinire imported thence into the different ports which had paid the regular duly fifty thus and chests

only, clearly proving that the

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