CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8] — Page 554

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Shipping

deduviance

of 1879 hower

has been given to the Police to

avrest

Metr

Junk krveceding ༩ ་ ་ ར/ within prohibited hours.

fo

hese are the principal

amendinants in the Laws of this Colony passed or prohoud

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prevent smuggling of opium

into chura.

Besides these other steps

have been taken. Your Excellency

is no doubt aware that stis

Excellency Sir G. W. Des Voeux referred to Mr Mitchell. Imes and myself the application of the Opium Farmer for

a reduchon in the

Farmer had no

the

price of the Farm. Although

·legal ground whatever for his application yet

wwe kiri

that

evad

Government rendy to come to his relief if he could prove that the legitimate proceeds of the Farm did not

suffice

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the price there of an

and

suffice to pay thus to remove all temptation

to increase his revenue

smuggling.

the

that

by

After fully investigating

malter ave recNOWde a-

a reduction should be

in

made in the monthly

gave for the Farm.

amongst

other th

on ceruditia L..

Phiings

that the

boiling factories at Jai Kok Toni-

and than di Man shovd be

closed and that the number of chests to be drawn by the Farmer should be greatly reduced. This

has been assented to With these changes and the proposed

amendments in the law I believe

that it will be almost if not quite impossible for the opium Farmer to assist wi

any way.

ni sunggling opium into China pravi de a

of

course that

the