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Our James Russell and ... to the late squibbe Qlewart- ... was ... to considerably increase ... the price of prepared ... opium in ... straits/stimulating ... and he also depended upon deriving substantial profits from the exportation of prepared opium.
5. Owing, however, to the facilities that exist for smuggling prepared opium into straits/stimulating, your Petitioner has hitherto found it utterly impossible to raise the price to a remunerative figure, and the export trade to America and Australia being in the hands of former licensers from the Straits Long Government who have established themselves at Macao, has had the effect of closing markets practically to your Petitioner.
6. It has been suggested that as the amount paid by your Straits Petitioner to the Government, calculated upon 300 Chests of opium per month, is less than the import duty and the lekin paid to the Chinese Government, it could hardly prove remunerative to smuggle into straits prepared opium from ... raw opium imported into China, which has duly paid the levied by the Chinese Customs; but you would point out that any argument...
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Our James Russell and ... to the late Squibbe Stewart ... was ... to considerably increase ... the price of prepared opium in ... Straits/Settlements ... and he also depended upon deriving substantial profits from the exportation of prepared opium.
5. Owing, however, to the facilities that exist for smuggling prepared opium into Straits/Settlements, your Petitioner has hitherto found it utterly impossible to raise the price to a remunerative figure, and the export trade to America and Australia being in the hands of former licensees from the Straits Long Government who have established themselves at Macao, has had the effect of closing markets practically to your Petitioner.
6. It has been suggested that as the amount paid by your Straits Petitioner to the Government, calculated upon 300 Chests of opium per month, is less than the import duty and the likin/levy paid to the Chinese Government, it could hardly prove remunerative to smuggle into Straits prepared opium from ... raw opium imported into China, which has duly paid the levy by the Chinese Customs; but you would point out that any argument...
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Our James Russell and to the late Squibbe Stewart was to considerably increase the price of prepared opium in Straits and he also depended upon deriving substantial profits from the exportation of prepared opium.
5. Owing, however, to the facilities that exist for smuggling prepared opium into Straits, your Petitioner has hitherto found it utterly impossible to raise the price to a remunerative figure, and the export trade to America and Australia being in the hands of former licensees from the Straits Government who have established themselves at Macao, has had the effect of closing markets practically to your Petitioner.
6. It has been suggested that as the amount paid by your Straits Petitioner to the Government, calculated upon 300 Chests of opium per month, is less than the import duty and the likin paid to the Chinese Government, it could hardly prove remunerative to smuggle into Straits prepared opium from raw opium imported into China, which has duly paid the levy by the Chinese Customs; but you would point out that any argument...
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Oir James Aussell and
to the late squible Qlewart-
was
to considerably increase
the price of prepared
opuim in
strugsting
and he also dependid upon deriving substancial profits from the exportation of prepared oprim- 5. Owing however to the facilities that exists for smuggling prepared opium_ into stongsting, your
Petitioner has hitherto
d
found
it utterly impossible to raise the price to a
renumerative
figure
and the export trace to America and Australia
being in the hands of former licensers from the stings Long Government
who have established themselves
ak
at Macar has had the
these
effect of rose closed
mankets practically
to
your
6.
Petitioner.
It has been
been su
suggested
that as the amount paid
by your stingsting
Petitioner to the
Govenment.
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calculated upon 300 Chests of opuim
Ov
month is
less than the import-
duty
and the lekinn
paid to the Chinese.
Gove
emment it could
hardly prove remunerative to smuggle into stongsting prepared opinn
from
arracu
raw opuin imported
into China which has
duly
and lekin
Petitioner
paid the levied by the Chinese
Customs; but you would point out that any
argument
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