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12

for

a

Customs establishment at

de

duty

this port to collect d.

ow

Opium, we beg respectfully to call your Excellency's particular

ticular attention to its utter

untenability in the face of the statistics set forth above.

Y

The aggregate importation of Persian and Turkey Opium, during the last two

turing

years, consists of about 4000 Chests,

or

4000 piculs of the former,

and 2,000 Chests or 1,000 piculs of the latter. This description of Opium being

in favor

at the treaty ports, the principal

36

13

portion of what has been imported, has been sent up to the Coast and Northern ports. Only a small quantity, say,

250 Chests has

gone

into

Consumption in the South.

From what

we have

stated above, it will be

evident to Your Excellency that the allegation

of smuggling put forward

from this port, is

a

secondary plea, in as much as it is the native craft, stated above, which import

into native ports for

Opium

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12 for a Customs establishment at de duty this port to collect d. ow Opium, we beg respectfully to call your Excellency's particular ticular attention to its utter untenability in the face of the statistics set forth above. Y The aggregate importation of Persian and Turkey Opium, during the last two turing years, consists of about 4000 Chests, or 4000 piculs of the former, and 2,000 Chests or 1,000 piculs of the latter. This description of Opium being in favor at the treaty ports, the principal 36 13 portion of what has been imported, has been sent up to the Coast and Northern ports. Only a small quantity, say, 250 Chests has gone into Consumption in the South. From what we have stated above, it will be evident to Your Excellency that the allegation of smuggling put forward from this port, is a secondary plea, in as much as it is the native craft, stated above, which import into native ports for Opium
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12 for a Customs establishment at de duty this port to collect d. ow Opium, we beg respectfully to call your Excellway's particular ticular attention to its utter untenability in the face of the statisties set forth above. Y The aggregate importation of Persian and Turkey Opium, during the last two turing years, consists of about 4000 Chests, or 4000 pients of the former, and 2,000 Chests or 1,000 piauls of the latter. This description of Opium being Onore in favor at the treaty ports, the principat 36 13 portion of what has been as imported, has been sent up to the Coast and Northern ports. Only a small quantity, say, 250 Chests has gone into Consumption in the South. From what 8. we have stated above, it will be evident to Your Excelleney that the allegati illegation of ling from this simply muggling -put forward port, is مد a ao secondary plea, in as much as it is the native Cra Crafts, stated above, which import into native ports for Opium
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12

for

a

Customs establishment at

de

duty

this port to collect d.

ow

Opium, we beg respectfully to call your Excellway's particular

ticular attention to its utter

untenability in the face of the statisties set forth above.

Y

The aggregate importation of Persian and Turkey Opium, during the last two

turing

years, consists of about 4000 Chests,

or

4000 pients of the former,

and 2,000 Chests or 1,000 piauls of the latter. This description of Opium being

Onore

in favor

at the treaty ports, the principat

36

13

portion of what has been as imported, has been sent up to the Coast and Northern ports. Only a small quantity, say,

250 Chests has

gone

into

Consumption in the South.

From what

8.

we have

stated above, it will be

evident to Your Excelleney that the allegati

illegation of ling from this simply

muggling -put forward

port, is

مد

a

ao

secondary plea, in as much as it is the native Cra

Crafts, stated above, which import

into native ports for

Opium

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