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unimising enggling gratefully received:)

would be

2.

hav

The Government of Stongkong

every

reason to sympathise.

with and assist that

of China

in the matter. Neither the-

Government not the Community

here is

interested in

sunggling,

the contrary, it would be in

every way

desirable to put as

stop to it if porcible. He Hongkong, Government collects, either dereeltey

by

its Opinux Farmer, a duty equal to about $90 per cheet

to colesl

e

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The large frices which hast

· practically a monopoly of the Open - boiling busines continually threatening, to go clauwhere, their special means of cvading Government charges

Macad, where they

bering

are)

allowed to prepare Opind at

uch lower rates than arocharged

the Government here, and

borg

from

in

which they have succaded) shipping, a good

I deals of

prepared Opium direct to Unchalia

10

014

all Opineo prepared for smoking,

the Colony,

exported in the

prepared state. This duly which

should form excarly one fifth-

ช

the entire Revennes

bew

of

late

of

the forony years very difficult

to

There

of

course there is

Corcelack dangers

is a

both

of

illicit

preparations, and of the illicit introduction

of prepareds Opinus into the offences

which, with

and crafly

a

peop

Chinese),

be entirely pub doww.

fo lovey,

le so

adroit

te ver

3. Many