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inhabitants of the (plony"), which

was

really the whole fount Lord Kuntsford's despatch. Sie ?. Russell says:

In Hong Kong

In Farmer

has

increased his prices and this

tends to diminish the consumption, but the evil of the Farming

one

System

L

that we

have no

guarantee that the Farmer will

maintain the price at a

highe

level, and a Farmer might think that his profits would be lazzer by lowering his price t

the consumption.

increase the Farmory system I

Under

fear

we could not

fix

Ch

ninimum price for opium

at least the minimum so fixed have to be unduly low);

world but

and on the other hand at the

Straits,

fixed

Farmer

maximum price

the contract with the

(I think if ther

Farming System is retained, we

the bu

I opium dens

Lee Net Luncan

minute on

7341/91

The Bu

shold suggest the removal of tan

this restriction from the contract,

because Ido not see defeat why

ビ

the fut should do anything to

prevent opium becoming as dear

possible).

001

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we had the matter more

(by abolishing

the Farm

hands, we could ensure

that the price was

as possible

keft.

A-7

high

with the distinct The revenue,

view not of increasing

but of reducing

The consumption

the only limit to the herightening of the price being the danger of £1850/84 of developing of eim smuggling

See par. 3

and last

From

Macao of thee manilarend

two sentences. opr. 5 5 of of China unto Hongkong; dess " from

I would submit that the

Govt of India Sec. of State should not accept

ap.4 of

C-6562

Mis despatch

4 a

sufficient.

and final consideration of

sdesiatilis

The

practicability of doing away

with the Opium Farm, but that write as proposed

should nows

wve

56912

くず

adding the purport

generally of my mumite above;

and as regards the smokine

on 56

divans referred to in last part of Led kunte ford's minute ? Send copy of the corresp. just laid before Parlt [C-656270

and

to

to

spleifically not onl refer tweets froth, but and

the for. of India the Resolution,

Beldung

onhokingshops.

(printed at pp. 107,168) far. 7 of