CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8] — Page 552

Acting Attorney General last

was de

year my

afterhour was called to

the alleged connivance of the Farmer with the smuggling of Opium. The allegations against he facilitated the sin

that

smuggling of

chests

raw opium by obtaining à permit for the rinoval

of

of opium from the store of the vendor either to his boiling factory at Jai xok

/

Isui, Karolvon, close to the Chinese francher or to the one at San Ki Wan

-

close to the Lycemoon Pass _ that under this permit the chests placea

overe

ced on

board a

calgo

boat or

sampan which was supposed to proceed to the factory. Ina on

scard the epicene was

ipa

chea

und made up into convenient parcels or quantities to be carried

547

caning of the words "ui quantities less than one chest

which occur ui section 6 of Ordinance 22 of 1887, the boat or

with. The opium thew

a parr

packed could not be sized and

the

ZOLA

waited for

opportunity to divert

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suitable

from their route to the factory and make

for the pre selected spot on the

Chinese mainland, or else raw or prepared opium

by

wav

sanggled.

armed bands from the Othium Farmers depot at Tai Kok Tsui wruch as I have before state a was close to the Chinese prontièret narvan. These vandi

iwcil A

were too formidable to be tackled by the ord

ordinary

spot, or a

car

country.

Eldea venj

y mugglers across the hunder a recent decision of the

1

shira

Ilice

system.

force on the

wao f

to snuggles the prepared

board

C

volve l

going

Supreme Court re

respecting

تعبير

rneaning

to Canton hoping that if the opium

wav