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the

and taking advantage of. permission which has been

given

me to retire from the

service, swing

to the strong opposition that the Opium Bill

(Appendix D Mr. Russell's report)

has encountered both

Unofficial

L

to give

time to consider whether

it might not be possible to

devise some scheme by which the sale of Opium in quantities less than one chest, prohibited

by

Clauses 3 and 4

the

from Members of Council

and from the Chamber of

Commeroc who have been

almost unanimous in asking for an adjournment of the -

second

The

reading of the Bill.

reason

alleged is in order-

to

༽ 。

of

the

Bill, could not be permitted

without prejudice either to the

Chinese Customs or to the

Government of this Colony.

An outline of such a

scheme

was submitted to Mr. Russell

last week by

one

of the

principal opponents of the

Bill