CO129-187 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [1-4] — Page 9

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himself at Maxas and suszceded, by direct smuggling into Hongkong and by sending prepared Opium to Thanghai and Yokohama for shipment.

to cAustralia and California- causing serious loss to the

present Opium

Farmer.

our

in

On the 21st ultimo Mr.

3.

I sent the telegram to the

Aeting Attorney General for his opinion,

and had a meeting of the Executive Council summoned for the 23rd. From the Extract I enclose of the

Minutes

you

will see that the

Conneil

agreed

with

me that I was

bound

Ban Hap handed

One-

α.

telegram he

a

had received reporting the shipment from Shanghai in the Messageries.

Maritimes Steam-ship "Oxus" of : considerable quantity of prepared._. Opium, which he said was to be brought into the waters of this

Colony

in violation of the Opium

Farm Ordinance No 2 of 1858.

the Head of the Executive

to uphold the Postal Convention by which Her ebbajesty gave these French Steamers the status of men-of-war. I explained the circumstances

4.

to the Opium Farmer and advised him to appeal to bonsieur Pichon the

French Consul.

The "Oxus" arrived.

and left with the prepared Opium

on

board; and as Messhs Bari kap